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Birdwatch (fact checker)

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Birdwatch is a fact checker for tweets that combats misinformation on the social platform.[1][2] The feature launched on January 28, 2021, available at first to a pilot group of around a thousand participants.[3][4]

Any user on Twitter can flag a tweet to be fact checked by the community and Twitter moderators.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Clayton, James (2021-01-26). "Twitter pilot to let users flag 'false' content". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  2. Paul, Kari (2021-01-25). "Birdwatch: Twitter pilot will allow users to flag misinformation". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. "Twitter Birdwatch". Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. Mahadevan, Alex (18 February 2021). "Analysis: Twitter's crowdsourced fact-checking experiment reveals problems". Poynter.
  5. Collins, Ben; Zadrozny, Brandy (25 January 2021). "Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation — with your help". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-26.



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