http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/9449c0ca83d334d3 https://verfassungsblog.de/putting-xs-community-notes-to-the-test/ Putting X’s Community Notes to the Test Bovermann, Marc eng 2024-01-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Disinformation Fake News Fehlinformation Moderation Twitter Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. X X. content moderation Fehlinformation Moderation Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. X. Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 All of the biggest social media platforms have a problem with disinformation. In particular, a flood of false information was found on X, formerly Twitter, following the terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and the start of the war in Ukraine. The EU Commission therefore recently initiated formal proceedings against X under Art. 66 para. 1 of the Digital Services Act (DSA). One of the subjects of the investigation is whether the platform is taking sufficient action against disinformation. Despite these stakes, X takes an approach different to all other platforms: As can be inferred from the X Transparency Report dated 03.11.2023 posted information is not subject to content moderation, but solely regulated through a new tool: The Community Notes.