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(AP) -- Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets.
The pilot program unveiled Monday, called Birdwatch, allows a preselected group of users -- for now, only in the U.S. -- who sign up through Twitter. Those who want to sign up must have a U.S.-based phone carrier, verified email and phone number, and no recent Twitter rule violations.
Twitter wants both experts and non-experts to write Birdwatch notes. It cited Wikipedia as a site that thrives with non-experts.
"In concept testing, we've seen non-experts write concise, helpful and easy-to-understand notes, often citing valuable expert sources," the company wrote.
Twitter, along with other social media companies, has been grappling how best to combat misinformation on its service.