nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/9449c0ca83d334d3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240108s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/9449c0ca83d334d3 doi eng 342 23 Bovermann, Marc Author aut Putting X’s Community Notes to the Test Bovermann, Marc Verfassungsblog 2024-01-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Disinformation Fake News Fehlinformation Moderation Twitter Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. X X. content moderation (DE-588)4113529-5 gnd Fehlinformation (DE-588)4131763-4 gnd Moderation (DE-588)1043880933 gnd Twitter Inc. | San Francisco Calif. (DE-588)143671111 gnd X. Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/putting-xs-community-notes-to-the-test/ raw object