DUBAI: Twitter announced recently that its new feature ‘Community Notes’ is now officially available in Japan.

Community notes allow users to leave notes on any Tweet and if enough contributors from different points of view rate that note as helpful, the note will be publicly shown on a Tweet. Its aim is to correct any misleading tweets.

On Twitter, the official account said that after testing the feature in Japan and seeing it being proven “useful,” it will officially be available to everyone in the world.

日本でテスト運用をしていたコミュニティ ノートは、さまざまな観点から人々に役立つことがわかっています。 現在、私たちは日本からのメモを世界中の誰もが閲覧できるようにしています。 日本の協力者に感謝します! 🇯🇵 https://t.co/g794sK5GZe

— Community Notes (@CommunityNotes) July 6, 2023

Community notes started recruiting Japanese contributors in March, in order to test the waters. It gradually increased the number of participants throughout the testing phase to ensure the quality of the notes.