Twitter is this week opening up its crowdsourced fact-checking program in an attempt to fight misinformation spreading on the social media platform. A small percentage of the general Twitter user body will soon see notes submitted by volunteer fact-checkers on tweets that could potentially be misinformation.
The user-led fact-checking program, known as Birdwatch, has been in testing since early 2021. Unlike Twitter’s more traditional fact-checking system, user-flagged tweets won’t be labeled as misinformation — they’ll just show up as “notes” that can be viewed by clicking the tweet.
