X's Community Notes Struggles with Election Misinformation Detection

X's Community Notes Fails to Detect Misinformation

X (Twitter)'s crowdsourced fact-checking tool, Community Notes, is struggling to accomplish its primary goal: to effectively flag rampant misinformation during critical events like elections. According to a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the feature is not successfully reaching the majority of users. In 2024, while over 160,000 notes were proposed, a significant number of fact-checking flags failed to register on political posts.

Community Notes Performance Breakdown

• Validated notes were not displayed on nearly 75% of posts sharing election misinformation.
• Erroneous posts accumulated more than 2 billion impressions.
• The current effectiveness of Community Notes raises questions about its utility in fact-checking.

With public interest and scrutiny on election integrity, it's crucial for platforms like X to effectively monitor misinformation.