YouTube's community notes feature rips a page out of X's playbook

YouTube is borrowing a page from X (Twitter) and adding a community notes feature ahead of the 2024 US election. The company wants the short viewer-created blurbs to add relevant context to videos, such as pointing out misinformation or old footage passed off as new. Notes will roll out initially as a pilot program for "a limited number of eligible contributors," who will receive an invitation via email or Creator Studio. The invited participants will need to have an active YouTube account in go...