Weeks earlier than the nationwide elections in India, Elon Musk-owned X mentioned it’s rolling out help for posting Group Notes — the corporate’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program.
The corporate posted that the primary set of contributors from India will begin posting notes in the present day and extra can be accepted over time. Contributors usually put up extra context to posts to debunk a fable or add extra data for higher context. These submissions are then scored primarily based on their helpfulness and accuracy and proven to customers.
Musk renamed the previous Birdwatch undertaking to Group Notes when he took over the corporate in 2022. In December 2022, the social community rolled out the power for individuals to take a look at Group Notes associated to posts globally, however customers from just a few nations may put up these notes.
Over time, the corporate has allowed members from completely different nations to begin posting Group Notes to offer native context higher. With the most recent rollout, this system has contributors in 69 nations.
Final 12 months, the corporate additionally launched Group Notes for photographs and movies.
India was a serious lacking marketplace for this characteristic given the scale of the market. With nationwide elections just some weeks away, platforms are making efforts to scale back election-related misinformation. Nonetheless, X hasn’t made any particular announcement about its efforts for Indian elections.
At instances, Group Notes haven’t managed the unfold of misinformation regardless of contributors including context to the put up. This system will face a tricky check in India’s complicated multilingual political panorama.
Final 12 months, the corporate reallowed political adverts on the platform, which had been banned by the earlier administration.
Twitter/X has had a tricky keep within the Indian market notably for its authorized battle towards the federal government for ordering the platform to dam sure posts. Earlier this 12 months, X withheld some accounts and posts associated to farmers’ protests in India due to orders from authorities. At the moment, the corporate reiterated {that a} writ attraction difficult blocking orders was nonetheless pending within the courts.
Final 12 months, Musk mentioned in a dialog with BBC that India’s social media guidelines are fairly strict and the corporate “can’t go beyond the laws of the country.”