‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

Twitter has launched

Twitter has launched a new feature, called “Birdwatch,” that relies on users of the social media platform to identify content that they deem misleading and post notes to provide “informative context” on the topic.

“We believe this approach has the potential to respond quickly when misleading information spreads, adding context that people trust and find valuable,” Twitter Vice President Keith Coleman said on Monday.

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