Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social media moderation by channeling partisan motivations to be productive if opposing sides police each other (David Rand/Financial Times)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking program Birdwatch visible to all US users  —  After last month’s expansion of Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, Twitter announced this morning the notes fact-checkers leave on tweets will now be visible to all U.S. users.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking tool, adding 1,000 contributors weekly, each assigned a “rating impact” score out of five  —  On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite …

Will Jarrett / Mission Local:
A San Francisco Police Department draft policy allowing police to apply lethal force using robots faces criticism from advocates opposing police militarization  —  “This is not normal.  No legal professional or ordinary resident should carry on as if it is normal.”

Corin Faife / The Verge:
Data analysis of Twitter’s Birdwatch crowdsourced moderation tool: posts regarding COVID and “stop the steal” misinformation have been top areas of focus  —  Analysis by The Verge shows that Birdwatch users regularly tackle misinformation topics with the highest stakes, including pandemic response

Financial Times:
Sources: BeReal is exploring adding paid features to avoid advertising; the app now has 15M DAUs, up from 10K in March 2021, and is now valued at ~$600M  —  Photo-sharing app BeReal is exploring the addition of in-app payments for extra features to avoid Instagram-style advertising …

Pew Research Center:
Survey of US adults: 31% get news on Facebook, 25% on YouTube, 14% on Twitter, 13% on Instagram, and 10% on TikTok; 33% of TikTok users get news on the app  —  Digital news has become an important part of Americans’ news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption.