Meta announced last week that it would drop fact-checkers in favor of X-like community notes, and self-described ,Leaker” Alessandro Paluzzi Shared screenshots on Monday This is showing what the feature might look like in Threads.
Based on the screenshots, it appears that you'll be able to initiate the process of writing a community note from the three-dot menu on a post, where you already have access to features like muting an account or reporting a post. Can. Another screenshot shows that when you write a community note, your note will remain anonymous.
The third screenshot shows an Instagram Help Center page about Community Notes with a button to join the waitlist for the program. However, the layout of the page looks different from other Live Help Center pages that I can see right now.
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
meta said last week It plans to “phase in Community Notes first in the US over the next few months” and then “improve it over the course of the year”, but it did not specify when the feature might be available on Threads. my coworker alex heath reported on sunday That community notes “was not on the product roadmap before this week.”
In addition to the move to community notes, Meta said it is also getting rid of “many restrictions” on topics like immigration and gender, and phasing back “civic content” across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri published a video today showing how to set How much political content do you see on threads.