Twitter expands its crowdsourced fact-checking program ‘Birdwatch’ ahead of US midterms

On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite-only fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, the company is today announcing the program will expand to users across the U.S. — with a few changes. The rollout will add 1,000 more contributors to this program every week, ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. But Birdwatch won’t work the same as it did before, Twitter says.
Previously, Birdwatch contributors could immediately add their fact-checks to provide additional context to tweets. Now, that privilege will have t

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