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Community-Based Fact-Checking on Twitter's Birdwatch Platform - Ratings Analysis

  • Birdwatch notes that report misleading tweets generally have a larger helpfulness ratio and more votes compared to non-misleading tweets with notes
  • Users found Birdwatch notes more helpful if trustworthy sources were included and if the reported tweet had more votes saying it is not misleading
  • Birdwatch notes were considered helpful if they are informative (31%), clear (24%), or provide trustworthy sources of reference (19%)
  • Birdwatch notes considered unhelpful due to opinions/bias (25%), unreliable sources (20%), or missing key ideas (15%)

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Updated 2021-06-10

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