Jan 25 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc:
* TWITTER INC SAYS IT IS INTRODUCING BIRDWATCH, A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO MISINFORMATION
* TWITTER INC SAYS BIRDWATCH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY INFORMATION IN TWEETS THEY BELIEVE IS MISLEADING AND WRITE NOTES THAT PROVIDE INFORMATIVE CONTEXT
* TWITTER INC SAYS IN FIRST PHASE OF THE PILOT, NOTES WILL ONLY BE VISIBLE ON A SEPARATE BIRDWATCH SITE
* TWITTER INC SAYS NOTES VISIBLE ON A SEPARATE BIRDWATCH SITE WILL NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WAY PEOPLE SEE TWEETS OR OUR SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS
* TWITTER INC SAYS ALL DATA CONTRIBUTED TO BIRDWATCH, A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO MISINFORMATION, WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, DOWNLOADABLE
* TWITTER INC SAYS AS IT DEVELOPS ALGORITHMS THAT POWER BIRDWATCH, AIM TO PUBLISH THAT CODE PUBLICLY IN THE BIRDWATCH GUIDE Source text: (https://bit.ly/3iKdpdz) Further company coverage:
