Twitter’s latest effort in its fight against fake news comes in the form of“Birdwatch’, which is a new feature to avoid the spread of misinformation.——————————
This tool will help Twitter users report misleading tweets or anymisinformation directly to the social network’s content moderators. Peoplewill be able to add notes to tweets to provide context as to why a tweet isor is not misleading.
Multiple users have spotted hints of the feature on Twitter. According toreports, tweets can be added with the “Add to Birdwatch” option thatappears on the usual drop-down menu on tweets. There will be a newbinocular icon to indicate it which will take you to the tweet’s history ofnotes.
People will be given a questionnaire for why they believe a tweet ismisleading or not and will also be given a box to provide evidence with upto 580 characters. This note will become a public document of sorts for thetweet’s authenticity which everyone can see.
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Birdwatch was first spotted by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.
