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A crowdsourced army of censorship nags will now be able to mark up tweets with rateable fact-checks.
Censorship? Too severe. Twitter calls it “adding helpful context” now. As if Twitter weren’t annoying enough, the platform has rolled out a new feature to give select users the power to fact-check other people’s tweets. “Now, when you’re browsing Twitter on Android, iOS, or Twitter.com, you may see Tweets with Birdwatch notes. Notes will appear in a card on the Tweet. Right now, this feature is only visible to pilot participants,” Twitter’s verified Birdwatch account tweeted June 2. Birdwatch added in another tweet: “Why show notes on Tweets? Birdwatch wants to help people stay informed by adding helpful context to Tweets. This feature will allow those who are currently participating in Birdwatch to more easily identify and rate the most helpful notes.”
Oskaloosa News Recap For January 27th, 2021
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Pizza Hut has a new Detroit-style pizza.
The eatery announced Tuesday that the nationwide rollout of the new ‘za was created in response to “the growing popularity of this pizza style across the country and requests from customers.”
The thick-crust offering is currently available at participating Pizza Hut locations nationwide.
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Twitter has unveiled a new “community-driven approach” to help combat misleading information on its site.
Birdwatch a pilot program that launched Monday allows users to add notes to tweets they believe are false in an attempt to “add context” for other users.