X's Community Notes Struggles To Curb Misinformation In Indian Election
By Karen Rebelo Elon Musk owned X’s crowdsourced fact-checking program Community Notes is struggling to limit misinformation on its platform in India’s highly polarised election where political rhetoric has turned into anti-Muslim hate speech. Community Notes was rolled out to users in India on April 4, 2024, a fortnight ahead of the start of voting in a country known for having an acute misinformation problem. The rollout in India, as expected, was bumpy at the outset. The feature allows ‘contributors’ to write notes for tweets which they think are misleading or missing important context. Ind...