Opinion | Fact-checkers are out. The internet gets to vote on the truth now. As TikTok joins X and Meta in crowdsourcing fact-checks, hereโs what could go right โ and very wrong April 18, 2025 Ren LaForme
TikTok to launch its own Community Notes-style fact-checking feature: Footnotes The social media platform joins X, Meta and YouTube in big techโs push toward crowdsourced fact-checking April 16, 2025 Alex Mahadevan
Opinion | Will the future of fact-checking flourish or founder? 2025 marks a new turning point Now is the time for action to protect the work that holds the line on reality April 2, 2025 Angie Drobnic Holan
Fact-checkers are among the top sources for Xโs Community Notes, study reveals Notes that cite fact-checkers earn more trust from X users and combat misinformation faster February 20, 2025 Enock Nyariki
Opinion | Meta will attempt crowdsourced fact-checking. Hereโs why it wonโt work Xโs Community Notes is not the success that tech leaders want you to believe. And a similar system wonโt stop misinformation on Facebook. January 7, 2025 Alex Mahadevan
Opinion | Xโs Community Notes had a marginal, if any, impact on the election Our analysis of the 3,637 notes from Election Day shows that users found the platformโs lonely moderation instrument to be mostly unhelpful November 14, 2024 Alex Mahadevan
Itโs easy to find misinformation on social media. Itโs even easier on X. A platform that used to downgrade hoaxes, conspiracy theories and false claims has become one where even the boss now spreads the stuff September 19, 2024 Angela Fu
Why Community Notes mostly fails to combat misinformation An attempt to solve โthe problem of biased fact-checkersโ has left most Notes unseen by public, fact-checking conference is told June 30, 2023 Madison Czopek
Elon Musk keeps Birdwatch alive โ under a new name Despite sparring with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey over its name, Musk has thrown his support behind the companyโs crowdsourced context-adding tool November 8, 2022 Alex Mahadevan