Twitter is asking for help from users in fighting fake news.
The company announced this by launching a pilot project that allows users to report fake or misleading tweets.
The initiative, called 'Watch Bird', is initially being tested among a small group in the US. The company admitted that the new system will need to be "resistant to manipulation attempts".
Companies like Twitter are looking at opportunities to better manage these platforms.
A statement from Twitter officials made on Monday reads: "We know this project may be messy and have some problems, but we believe this is a model worth trying.".
Twitter, along with other major social media companies, has been trying to tackle misinformation on their platform.
The pilot project will allow users to flag tweets they believe are "misleading or false", provide evidence to denounce them, and discuss them with others - on a dedicated page - 'Birdwatch'.
User complaints will be placed in the content of tweets.
Twitter says this new approach can help the company respond more quickly when misleading information spreads.
“Eventually we aim to make annotations visible directly in Tweets to Twitter’s global audience.”", say Twitter officials.
Source: BBC