Community Notes: Youtube also gets a fact check
Like X, YouTube wants to offer a feature that the community can use to correct incorrect information. Invitations for initial tests are being sent out.
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YouTube is starting to test a "Community Notes" feature that allows users to correct incorrect information on the video platform. Invitations are currently being sent to selected users, as screenshots on social media show.
YouTube announced the fact check feature back in June: users can use it to agree on notes under videos that clarify false or misleading information from the video or simply add additional details. "This could include, for example, notes that clarify when a song is intended as a parody, when a new version of a reviewed product is available or when older footage is incorrectly presented as a current event," writes YouTube in its announcement.
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The community-driven fact check is already in use on the short news service X. The first tests on YouTube are only taking place in the USA in English, writes YouTube in a blog entry from June. What happens next is currently unclear.
To be selected for the test, you need to have your own YouTube channel, which has so far adhered to the community guidelines in an exemplary manner. Users invited to take part in the test can then write notes for videos that are to be assessed by independent reviewers during the test phase.
User voting and algorithm
This is intended to train the systems, writes YouTube - later, the community notes will also be able to be judged by other users. In addition to these votes, YouTube also wants to include algorithms in the decision as to which Community Notes will ultimately be shown under a video.
Screenshots show that the community notes on YouTube can refer to specific parts of the video. Accordingly, the list of community additions could be significantly longer than the usually short posts on X.
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