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Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation
nbc ^ | 1-25-21 | Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny

Posted on 01/25/2021 1:41:48 PM PST by dynachrome

Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar to Wikipedia to flag potentially misleading tweets.

The new system allows users to discuss and provide context to tweets they believe are misleading or false. The project, titled Birdwatch, is a standalone section of Twitter that will at first only be available to a small set of users, largely on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will not be provided to high-profile people or traditional fact-checkers, but users will have to use an account tied to a real phone number and email address.

“Birdwatch allows people to identify information in Tweets they believe is misleading or false, and write notes that provide informative context," Twitter Vice President of Product Keith Coleman wrote in a press release. "We believe this approach has the potential to respond quickly when misleading information spreads, adding context that people trust and find valuable."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birdwatch; brownshirts; censorship; redguard; stasi; twitter
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The Red Guard will be watching you.
1 posted on 01/25/2021 1:41:48 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Why is anyone still tweeting?


2 posted on 01/25/2021 1:43:05 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Grandkids


3 posted on 01/25/2021 1:43:32 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: dynachrome

Your a moron if you still use Twitter and come here. Yeah, I know I use it to look at posts and talk to my kids. Find other sources.


4 posted on 01/25/2021 1:44:18 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: dynachrome

Non “Karens” need not apply.


5 posted on 01/25/2021 1:44:20 PM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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To: dynachrome

Birds**t, not birdwatch.

Conservatives need to get off that crap show. Let it go the way of Fox News.


6 posted on 01/25/2021 1:45:32 PM PST by stratboy
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To: dynachrome

Get on Gab.


7 posted on 01/25/2021 1:45:53 PM PST by KC_Lion
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To: dynachrome

misinformation?

like mostly peaceful riots?

hillary was named after sir edmund hillary?

barack’s parents met because somebody marched at selma?

steel doesn’t burn?

“hotest year on record” claims?

you can’t get whu-flu via human transmission (according to China and the UN/WHO)?

12 years left before disaster?


8 posted on 01/25/2021 1:46:16 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: dynachrome
Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation


9 posted on 01/25/2021 1:46:25 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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I think I will continue not using twitter


10 posted on 01/25/2021 1:47:11 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: dynachrome; null and void

It is not enough to obey Big Brother

You must love (Big Brother)


11 posted on 01/25/2021 1:47:33 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Should call it Bird Droppings


12 posted on 01/25/2021 1:48:42 PM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: dynachrome

Just call it SnitchArmy and be done with it.


13 posted on 01/25/2021 1:49:54 PM PST by Savage Rider
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To: a fool in paradise

It’s amazing how the fools fell for all of that and more

Because “they’re smarter” of course


14 posted on 01/25/2021 1:50:43 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dynachrome
I predict this will not go well for Twatter.


15 posted on 01/25/2021 1:51:25 PM PST by McGruff
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To: dynachrome

The communist purge continues and is accelerating...


16 posted on 01/25/2021 1:51:29 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: dynachrome

misinformation = wrongthink, counter-revolutionary, against their agenda, etc. Misinformation will be whatever the left says it is.


17 posted on 01/25/2021 1:51:36 PM PST by Daaave ('You Nexus huh? I design your eyes.')
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To: dynachrome
"combat misinformation".

Means "to Silence the Truth".

This is important to Fascist regimes because their lies can not stand the light of day, let alone informed opposition.

18 posted on 01/25/2021 1:52:38 PM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: dynachrome

What ever Twitter was it’s long gone , it got trumped ,LOL


19 posted on 01/25/2021 1:54:30 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: dynachrome

FFFFFFFF Twitter.


20 posted on 01/25/2021 1:55:00 PM PST by Logical me
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