TikTok launches Footnotes as community notes alternative

April 16, 2025, 1:49 pm

TikTok is testing its own version of community notes—dubbed “Footnotes”—that enables users to add contextual information to videos and posts, mirroring similar community-moderation tools on other platforms. The feature is being trialed in the United States and is intended to help combat misinformation by crowd‐sourcing clarifications, ensuring that additional background and fact-checking can be attached directly to content.

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