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Weeks earlier than the nationwide elections in India, Elon Musk-owned X mentioned it’s rolling out help for posting Community Notes — the corporate’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program.

The firm posted that the primary set of contributors from India will begin posting notes in the present day and extra might be accepted over time. Contributors usually submit extra context to posts to debunk a delusion or add extra info for higher context. These submissions are then scored based mostly on their helpfulness and accuracy and proven to customers.

Musk renamed the outdated Birdwatch mission to Community Notes when he took over the corporate in 2022. In December 2022, the social community rolled out the flexibility for people to look at Community Notes related to posts globally, however customers from only some nations might submit these notes.

Over time, the corporate has allowed members from completely different nations to start posting Community Notes to provide local context better. With the newest rollout, this system has contributors in 69 nations.

Last yr, the corporate additionally launched Community Notes for images and videos.

India was a significant lacking marketplace for this function given the scale of the market. With nationwide elections just some weeks away, platforms are making efforts to cut back election-related misinformation. However, X hasn’t made any particular announcement about its efforts for Indian elections.

At instances, Community Notes haven’t controlled the spread of misinformation regardless of contributors including context to the submit. The program will face a troublesome check in India’s complicated multilingual political panorama.

Last yr, the corporate reallowed political ads on the platform, which had been banned by the earlier administration.

Twitter/X has had a troublesome keep within the Indian market notably for its authorized battle in opposition to the federal government for ordering the platform to dam sure posts. Earlier this yr, X withheld some accounts and posts related to farmers’ protests in India due to orders from authorities. At that point, the corporate reiterated {that a} writ enchantment difficult blocking orders was nonetheless pending within the courts.

Last yr, Musk mentioned in a dialog with BBC that India’s social media rules are quite strict and the corporate “can’t go beyond the laws of the country.”