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Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe


A system to tags misleading posts is X’s main attempt to stall misinformation.

The unexplained disappearance of Community Notes, the social media site’s main tool to stall the spread of misinformation, has raised questions whether the controversial Elon Musk-owned platform is meeting its legal obligations. Community Notes relies on user inputs to tag misleading posts on X and had been active since shortly after the takeover by Elon Musk in 2022 — a transition that saw the mass firing of staff whose jobs were to tackle hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. “Persistent problems with Community Notes raise serious questions about X’s capacity to meet its obligations under EU rules,” Eileen Culloty, Deputy Director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy, and Society told The Journal.

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