[ti:Twitter Creates Tool for Users to Help Identify Misinformation]
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[00:00.04]Twitter has announced a new tool
[00:03.12]that permits users to identify information
[00:07.88]they believe is false or misleading.
[00:13.28]The program is called Birdwatch.
[00:17.04]Twitter is first testing the program
[00:20.72]with a small group of approved users in the United States.
[00:27.16]The users will be able to write notes about tweets
[00:31.60]they consider untrue or that may contain misinformation.
[00:38.72]In an announcement about the tool on Tuesday,
[00:42.60]Twitter said in the future, it plans
[00:46.00]to make the system available to all its users worldwide.
[00:52.68]The program aims to have both experts and non-experts write notes.
[01:00.96]Twitter said in a statement that tests it carried out in the past
[01:06.28]had showed that "non-experts write concise,
[01:11.00]helpful and easy-to-understand notes."
[01:15.88]Such notes were often supported
[01:18.64]with "valuable expert sources," it added.
[01:23.88]"Our goal is to build Birdwatch in the open,
[01:28.28]and have it shaped by the Twitter community," the statement said.
[01:34.44]The system will use a kind of crowdsourcing similar to Wikipedia,
[01:40.56]where many different kinds of sources
[01:43.64]examine information appearing on the website.
[01:48.88]Experts say that for the tool to be effective,
[01:53.12]the company will need to find ways to prevent misuse
[01:57.92]by people seeking to use Birdwatch to their advantage.
[02:04.36]In an effort to prevent unhelpful notes
[02:07.84]or notes created by so-called internet trolls,
[02:12.36]Twitter plans to attach a "helpfulness" rating to each note.
[02:19.20]Twitter said Birdwatch would not take the place of other warnings
[02:24.80]and fact-checking operations it currently uses.
[02:30.84]The company added it is attempting to make sure the tool is used
[02:36.28]by a large and diverse group of people.
[02:40.96]In choosing the first group of users,
[02:44.08]Twitter said it would seek to support accounts
[02:47.60]that seem "to follow and engage with different (users)
[02:52.60]and content than those of existing users."
[02:57.92]Twitter and other social media companies
[03:01.24]have been seeking new ways
[03:03.48]to fight misinformation on their services.
[03:08.80]Even with the establishment of new rules and increased enforcement,
[03:14.48]false information about the U.S. presidential election
[03:19.00]and COVID-19 has continued to spread.
[03:24.52]Twitter and the other services ban users
[03:28.60]for repeatedly violating their use policies.
[03:32.88]One of Twitter's most famous bans was issued
[03:37.52]against former U.S. President Donald Trump.
[03:41.80]The ban came after a violent mob led by Trump's supporters
[03:47.52]attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
[03:52.88]This week, Twitter announced it had permanently banned
[03:57.32]one of Trump's longtime supporters
[04:00.36]who had nearly half-a-million followers on the service.
[04:06.08]The supporter, Mike Lindell, heads a pillow company
[04:11.00]and is known in America for appearing
[04:14.12]in his company's television advertisements.
[04:18.64]He had helped finance protest movements
[04:22.24]aimed at overturning the election win of Joe Biden.
[04:28.08]Twitter said Lindell had used his personal
[04:32.04]and company accounts to spread unverified claims
[04:36.72]of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election.
[04:42.68]U.S. courts had repeatedly rejected the baseless claims,
[04:47.76]even as Trump and his supporters continued
[04:52.08]to make false accusations about voter fraud.
[04:57.52]In a statement to Reuters news agency,
[05:00.72]Twitter said it had permanently suspended Lindell's accounts
[05:05.96]because he had continually violated company policies
[05:11.04]on posting such content.
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