“We do things like requiring a verified phone number from a trusted carrier just to increase the probability that we're dealing with real humans”

Community Notes team · TED Tech · How Community Notes reduce viral misinformation | Jay Baxter and Keith Coleman

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require a verified phone number from a trusted carrier for raters

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