Nadav Borenstein
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Nadav Borenstein
@nadavb.bsky.social
PhD fellow in Natural Language Processing @ Copenhagen
This, in turn, will limit the efficacy of community notes, particularly for high-stakes claims related to health and broader conspiracy narratives.

Work done with @gretawarren.bsky.social, @delliott.bsky.social, and @iaugenstein.bsky.social.
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Fact-checkers conduct in-depth research beyond the reach of amateur users, while community notes publicise their work. The move to end partnerships and funding for fact-checking agencies will hinder their ability to pursue investigative journalism, which community note writers rely on.
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This work examines how this recent development might impact the efforts to combat misinformation spread on social media by studying fact-checking’s role in Twitter’s community notes.

We find that community notes and professional fact-checking are deeply interconnected:
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The current political climate has prompted Meta to shift away from partnerships with fact-checkers to increased reliance on crowdsourced community notes—the model used by Twitter.
February 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM