Twitter Launches Birdwatch -A Fact-checking Program to Fight Misinformation
For now, users participating in the program can write notes on individual tweets. However, the notes will only be available on the public Birdwatch website rather than on Twitter itself. Pilot users can also rate notes submitted by other participants in the program there. Twitter VP of product Keith Coleman wrote in a blog post. Check out how this pilot program will work in the given tweet below,
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 25, 2021 The data which Twitter will get through Birdwatch will be available and downloadable in TSV files. Twitter will publish the algorithms that power the program publicly in a Birdwatch Guide. The initial ranking system is available at Twitter’s GitHub page. Coleman noted Check also: Celebrities Defend Iqrar ul Hassan As Twitterati Demand Apology over His Tweets
