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Imagine scrolling through your social media feed, encountering a post claiming that ancient aliens reside beneath the Pyramids of Giza without paying rent for millennia. You’re skeptical, but then, you notice a small window beneath the post stating the contrary, linking to a Wikipedia article on squatter’s rights. This small note is what X refers to as a Community Note, and it could be the future of social media moderation.
Social media platforms face mounting pressure to combat the spread of misinformation. This pressure stems from governments, investors, and even their own user base. But policing content puts these platforms in a precarious position of being arbiters of truth and acceptable speech. Enter Community Notes, a feature introduced by X in January 2021, initially under the name Bird Watch, then expanded in November 2022.
The primary objective of Community Notes is to combat misinformation by crowdsourcing fact-checking through anonymous volunteers. When users encounter a po…
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