Elon Musk has claimed his neighborhood notes system on X – previously Twitter – has been “gamed by state actors” after certainly one of his personal posts was fact-checked.
The billionaire has promoted the community-based fact-checking system as his flagship coverage to sort out disinformation on the social media platform since his $44bn (£38bn) takeover in October final 12 months.
But on Sunday, certainly one of his personal posts was marked with a neighborhood be aware, after he commented on the detention of US YouTuber Gonzalo Lira in Ukraine.
Lira, a critic of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s authorities, has been detained amid accusations of breaching a Ukrainian legislation which makes justifying or denying Russia’s armed aggression towards Ukraine unlawful.
He is scheduled to seem in court docket on these prices this week.
Musk wrote: “What is the status of this American journalist, Joe Biden?”
But a neighborhood be aware later appeared on the publish, saying: “Lira is actually a YouTuber.
“He denied the Bucha bloodbath and different RU assaults towards civilians, uncovered the placement of Western journalists and Ukrainian troopers, together with their faces, amongst different crimes.”
Musk, in response to his own post, then claimed the community note had been “gamed by state actors”.
He wrote: “Interesting. This Note is being gamed by state actors. Will be helpful in figuring out who they are.
“Thanks for leaping within the honey pot, guys.”
However, that publish was additionally subjected to its personal be aware, which mentioned: “There are criteria that Community Notes contributors must meet to be approved which are supposed to prevent manipulation.”
Previously referred to as Birdwatch, the neighborhood notes programme was initially launched in 2021 beneath the platform’s earlier homeowners.
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It includes contributors who price – and finally write – notes on posts that are agreed upon by the neighborhood earlier than they’re made public.
Posts which are marked with a neighborhood be aware are additionally stopped for producing income.
Musk has made it entrance and centre of his plans for tackling disinformation and has described it as a “game changer for combating wrong information”.
Source: information.sky.com”