Twitter Community Notes, the microblogging platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking feature, is now rolling out to all users around the world. The feature was previously known as “Birdwatch” and was first introduced in January last year. The feature is designed to check the spread of fake news on the social network and uses a community-driven approach to combat misleading information on Twitter. It was first introduced in the USA and later also in Brazil, Spain and the Philippines. Now the social media platform has made it worldwide.
The company announced the feature via a tweet on his official Twitter handle. It said the feature will be visible to all users worldwide on Android, iOS and the web version. This means Twitter users around the world can now see community notes on Twitter and rate them as helpful. The notes currently rated as helpful can be accessed by all users on the Company website.
Starting today, Community Notes are visible around the world 🌎🌍🌏
— Community Notes (@CommunityNotes) December 11, 2022
In the meantime, Twitter Users who want to make a higher impact or write notes can now do so Register to join Community Notes. The microblogging site also said it would expand its post count from country to country. Users who log in can rate notes and eventually get the ability to write notes. Only notes marked as helpful will appear under Tweets.
Users wishing to join Community Notes must have an account older than 6 months and not have received a recent Twitter Rules violation notification. They must also have a verified phone number that isn’t linked to other accounts linked to Community Notes, the company says.
Back in September, Twitter announced several new additions to its Birdwatch community fact-checking program, including a new onboarding process for contributors to carefully write and rate notes.
New contributors start with an Impact Score of zero, and this is initially increased by rating other tips as helpful or unhelpful. Once the Impact Score reaches five, users can write notes themselves, while repeated unhelpful notes result in the contributor being unable to write notes.
Back then, Twitter also reportedly increased the visibility of notes on tweets to amplify Birdwatch’s (now known as Community Notes) seemingly positive impact on the community, according to the report.
