The footnotes are launched

Tiktok announced on Wednesday the general launch of FootnotesThe collective fact examination system is similar to the advantage of X and Meta community notes. Technology will initially post technology to users in the United States as a pilot program, allowing shareholders in both the footnotes and evaluation on Tiktok videos.

All Tiktok users can display notes that have been classified as useful and present their own classifications in return.

The company first She announced her plans to test the footnotes In April. At that time, the feature was described as a way to give society more context about Tiktok content.

Like x society notes and other similar programs, Tiktok uses a dam algorithm that tries to find consensus between people who usually have different views. If both sides evaluate a note as beneficial, it is more likely to be true, according to this method. This is also guarded against the dean, as one side tries to influence a decision on their way to vote similarly.

The company says notes can help people better understand what they see on the platform by adding more information and context. Sometimes, the person who posted the video who gets an effective note is trying to distort the situation, while at other times they may simply have missed information or other updates that may be useful for viewers.

Tiktok began to allow us to users Progress To be a contributor in April, as long as he was at least 18 years old, he was in Tijook for more than six months, and he had no modern history in violating the standards of the Tijook community. Since then, Tiktok says that nearly 80,000 American users have qualified as shareholders in the footnotes.

Although it is new on Tiktok, the features of Community Notes were present for several years.

Twitter was pioneer in this idea, which was originally called Birdwatch, Once again in 2020. It’s officially The truth of Birdwatch was presented the following yearAnd The program expanded in the world in 2022. Societal notes are now called, and the feature has expanded under the ownership of Elon Musk for Twitter/X. Recently, these efforts include allowing Amnesty International to generate notes And new ways to use the system Highlighting popular content On the platform.

x Open source The Notes Community concept also inspired similar systems in other social media companies-especially those looking to satisfy the conservatives who felt that traditional facts examination systems were biased against them.

In an attempt to amend the Trump administration in the hope of thwarting the increase in organization, Mita dropped the facts verification This year in her favor The private community notes system in the United StatesThrowing concerns about The spread of wrong information. YouTube also tries to eat it on this type of system with a feature called Notes, which were launched last year.

Tiktok says that its football initiative will expand in its current global program to break the facts, and not replace it.

The company says it continues to work with more than 20 Ifcn-Approved fact -examination organizations, in more than 60 languages and 130 markets around the world.