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Social media users are sharing screenshots of a tweets that feature Birdwatch notes – part of Twitter’s content moderation policies launched to help combat misinformation on its platform – and saying ...

Twitter has introduced a series of features aimed to slow the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the platform. In January 2021, the social media company launched its pilot Birdwatch ...

Twitter announced on Thursday that its community-based fact-checking feature, Birdwatch -- which relies on users to provide context to misleading tweets -- is now available to all U.S. users.

When a user adds a post to Birdwatch, they're essentially flagging it for moderation. They'll also be able to add notes, which can be private or be made public, explaining why they flagged that ...

Twitter is still targeting users who share reporting related to The Post’s Hunter Biden exposé — this time by blocking conservative radio host Dana Loesch from joining Birdwatch, the platform’s new ...

Twitter has tried a variety of fact-checking measures in the past few years, but these normally only apply to tweets from prominent accounts or popular topics. Now the company wants to add context and ...

After tech billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter, some thought Birdwatch was bound for extinction. However, despite being a frequent target of citizen fact-checkers — and sharing falsehoods himself — ...

In January, Twitter announced Birdwatch, its experimental crowdsourced fact-checking platform as a way to fight mis/disinformation. The project allows users to mark tweets as misleading and add ...