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What is Twitter Birdwatch and can anyone be a fact-checker?

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Twitter has launched a community fact-checking program, called Birdwatch, in the US. Here’s everything you need to know.
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) – Twitter has launched a community fact-checking program, called Birdwatch, in the US. Here’s everything you need to know. What is Twitter Birdwatch? Twitter has launched a pilot program, called Birdwatch, that is designed to help prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform. It allows users to fact-check tweets by submitting valuable, contextual notes, but it’s currently only available to a select number of US participants. Twitter has struggled to prevent users from posting misinformation and propaganda. It recently started to label some tweets with wrong or misleading information about the US Presidential election, but many have argued that work is not enough.

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