Twitter's Community Notes feature starts rolling out

Twitter has started rolling out Community Notes to all of its users worldwide, the company announced on Saturday.

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Formerly known as Birdwatch

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The feature first debuted in 2021 under former CEO Jack Dorsey as a means for the social media website to combat misinformation.

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Community Notes takes a crowdsourced approach to debunking misleading tweets

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Moderators who are part of the program can add notes to Tweets to add context

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Before today, only people in the US could see the note. Twitter says it will soon start adding contributors from other regions.

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Current company owner Elon Musk has positioned Community Notes as a key element of his Twitter 2.0 vision

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Claiming it would be a gamechanger for improving accuracy on Twitter

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However, as with any crowdsourced feature, if groups use the tool to promote biased views

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The global rollout of Community Notes comes a day before the relaunch of Twitter Blue

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