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X is trying to make Community Notes faster with ‘lightning notes’

X is trying to make Community Notes faster with ‘lightning notes’

X is trying to speed up its crowdsourced fact-checking system, Community Notes. In an update, the company says it has “re-architected” the scoring system that powers the feature so that the user-generated notes can now appear less than 20 minutes after a post is published on its platform.Community Notes, introduced in 2022, relies on other X users to fact-check or add missing context to posts on the platform. Contributors are required their sources, and other users then rate the “helpfulness” of the note. Creators are also for posts that get “community noted” in an effort to discourage them from trying…
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Anti-hate group says Elon Musk continues to peddle election falsehoods on X unchecked

Anti-hate group says Elon Musk continues to peddle election falsehoods on X unchecked

A new report from the British non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found X owner Elon Musk spread misinformation about the US election and the Democrats’ presidential campaign in 50 posts this year alone. His assertions continue to go unchecked on the platform, not even through its own "Community Notes" feature. CCDH's CEO Imran Ahmed says the absence of these grassroots fact-checks show “that his business is failing woefully to contain the kind of algorithmically-boosted incitement that we all know can lead to real-world violence, as we experienced on Jan. 6, 2021.”The report cites 50 posts made on Musk’s…
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YouTube invites users to test its community notes feature

YouTube invites users to test its community notes feature

YouTube seems to be starting to roll out its community notes feature to a select group of users. Screenshots of YouTube’s official invitation to join the pilot program for its new community correction feature are popping up all over social media, according to 9to5Google.YouTube first announced its community notes feature in June. The new feature allows viewers to submit short blurbs that provide additional context or correct information to certain video content. The community notes feature comes ahead of the US presidential election.There is no official start date for the new feature, but YouTube has added a section to its…
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YouTube’s community notes feature rips a page out of X’s playbook

YouTube’s community notes feature rips a page out of X’s playbook

YouTube is borrowing a page from X (Twitter) and adding a community notes feature ahead of the 2024 US election. The company wants the short viewer-created blurbs to add relevant context to videos, such as pointing out misinformation or old footage passed off as new.Notes will roll out initially as a pilot program for “a limited number of eligible contributors,” who will receive an invitation via email or Creator Studio. The invited participants will need to have an active YouTube account in good standing.During the pilot phase, “third-party evaluators” will rate notes’ helpfulness to help train the system. YouTube says…
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