Meta Appears To Be Working On Community Notes For Threads

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A recent leak suggests Meta is working on the Community Notes feature for Threads

Meta’s anti-LGBTQ policy changes have faced a backlash from its employees

Last week, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced some major changes to the company’s moderation policies. The removal of independent fact-checkers in favor of the Community Notes was one of them. Now, it seems the company isn’t looking to delay the implementation of the newly announced feature on its social media apps. According to a self-claimed leaker, Alessandro Paluzzi, Meta is already working on the Community Notes for Threads.

A recent leak suggests Meta is working on the Community Notes feature for Threads

Yesterday, Paluzzi shared a few screenshots, giving us a glimpse of how the Community Notes feature may appear on Threads. From the looks of it, you should be able to use the new feature by selecting a “Write Community Note” option when you tap the three-dots menu of a post.

It’s worth noting that another screenshot posted by the leaker suggests that the written Community Note will remain anonymous. The third screenshot appears to have emerged from an Instagram help center page. It displays a button to join the waitlist to access the feature whenever available. However, The Verge notes that the layout of that page looks quite different from what’s currently live on the platform.

Per last week’s announcement, Meta will phase in the availability of the Community Notes in the US over the “next couple of months.” The company also added that it would try to “improve” the feature throughout the year. To catch you up, Threads achieved the milestone of 100 million daily active users in December. Moreover, the platform is also testing a new feature to schedule posts.

Meta’s anti-LGBTQ policy changes have faced a backlash from its employees

Speaking of policy changes, Meta’s latest announcement about handling anti-LGBTQ speech has drawn a lot of criticism internally. Interestingly, the changes were announced a few weeks after Zuckerberg met Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort. No wonder, analysts and Meta employees believe that there are political motives behind these changes.