Twitter unveils ‘community-driven’ effort to fight misinformation

Birdwatch allows people to identify information in Tweets they believe is misleading and write notes that provide context, Coleman said. — Reuters

Twitter announced a new initiative on Jan 25 to enlist users to flag misinformation on its platform through a project known as Birdwatch.

Birdwatch will be operated separately from Twitter while allowing users to identify tweets which may be false or misleading, the platform said of its new effort to stem false and harmful content.