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   1/ How effective is X’s Community Notes at addressing misinformation? @sciencefeedback data team investigated moderation during the 2024 EU elections using data from the EFCSN. Here’s what we found:

   https://science.feedback.org/despite-community-notes-most-content-reviewed-eu-fact-checkers-goes-unaddressed-x-twitter/

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     5/ Additionally, check out this report we co-authored with 10 other organizations, analyzing a Russian-linked disinformation campaign on X (Twitter) across six countries, including 4 EU members, Ukraine, and the US:
     https://science.feedback.org/twitter-x-fails-to-act-on-doppelganger-related-notices/

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     2/ Community Notes, launched as "Birdwatch" in 2021 and rebranded in 2023, relies on crowd-sourced input. Notes require cross-partisan agreement before publication, but this limits scalability and response to viral misinformation.

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     3/ Out of 894 tweets flagged by professional fact-checkers:
     ▪︎ 67.2% had no visible moderation.
     ▪︎ Only 11.3% featured Community Notes or warning labels.
     ▪︎ 19.5% were deleted.

     Community Notes coverage varies dramatically across countries. For example:
     ▪︎ Denmark: 2.44 Notes per 1,000 users
     ▪︎ Hungary: 0.08 Notes per 1,000 users

     These gaps highlight the system’s uneven implementation.

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     4/ While X promotes Community Notes as a crowd-sourced alternative to professional fact-checking, our findings reveal that its limited reach and uneven application across EU countries undermine its ability to manage misinformation effectively at a scale, especially during critical events like elections.

     Børge repeated this.