Twitter's pilot program to stop misinformation

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(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context. The project, called Birdwatch, is initially offered in the United States.

Here’s how it works

Birdwatch allows people to identify information in Tweets they believe is misleading and write notes that provide informative context. We believe this approach has the potential to respond quickly when misleading information spreads, adding context that people trust and find valuable. Eventually we aim to make notes visible directly on Tweets for the global Twitter audience, when there is consensus from a broad and diverse set of contributors……………….

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topi...mmunity-based-approach-to-misinformation.html
 

mellowyellow said:
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context. The project, called Birdwatch...
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@mellowyellow, Thanks for the post, it's a little too late for me though, I've recently become more withdrawn from social media, I haven't posted on Facebook in months, and don't participate on other social media at all. The exception is forums like this, which I guess the difference being is active moderation. I frequent numerous computer forums, well moderated and participants value "real information" rather than opinion, so political commentary is not relevant to solving computer problems.
 
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I have never owned a face book account, or twitter, or snapchat, or anything else.
I worked with data mining, pattern recognition software, CRM, neural networks, in the 90's.
I knew where this was going and stayed away.
If you have a smart phone, you are being tracked everywhere.
 
Nathan said:
The Internet: You can pick and choose what you want to consider real.
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Nathan is right. How do you know what is misinformation? My truth , or your fake news? What I find most upsetting is an outright internet campaign to create discord, and social unrest by drowning the internet with known lies, and perversions, with the breakdown of society as its end.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Nathan is right. How do you know what is misinformation? My truth , or your fake news? What I find most upsetting is an outright internet campaign to create discord, and social unrest by drowning the internet with known lies, and perversions, with the breakdown of society as its end.
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people HEAR what they want to HEAR trying to suppress these as misinformation often gives more power and press to an item ........ i think ALL tech is determined to keep people in the dark feeding them BS ---- It is called the "mushroom program"
 
Jeni said:
people HEAR what they want to HEAR trying to suppress these as misinformation often gives more power and press to an item ........ i think ALL tech is determined to keep people in the dark feeding them BS ---- It is called the "mushroom program"
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That makes it all sound like a conspiracy. In truth the tech companies just want to collect and resell as much customer data as possible....welcome to 21st century Free Enterprise / Capitalism.
 
Chet said:
Misinformation... is that like incorrect thinking? Are we headed for re-education camps?
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No, it is a rather odd name:

Miss Daisy

Miss Information

Miss Bonnie
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o_O

Tony
 

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