Introducing
Community Notes
You can help the community decide which posts might be misleading or missing context, and what context should be published on those posts.
Be one of the first to write and rate community notes
Sign up now and you’ll get a notification once you’re able to contribute to Community Notes and help keep people better informed.
Add more context to posts that are confusing or potentially misleading
Everyone has seen a post that could use more context, or doesn’t seem quite right. That's why we're introducing Community Notes, a new way for people on Facebook, Instagram and Threads to add more context to posts that are confusing or potentially misleading. By joining the community of contributors, you can play an active role in helping to keep people more informed.
Contributors with different views need to agree that it’s helpful
How do we know if people have different views? One clue is whether people rate things differently over time.
Let’s say Alex, Harshita and Maria watch the same sports videos every day. Alex rates 5 community notes on football videos helpful. Harshita also rates those same 5 notes helpful. But Maria rates all 5 not helpful.
Based on their rating history, Alex and Harshita probably have similar views about football, while Maria probably has a different view about football.
Later, Alex, Harshita and Maria see a new community note about the football championship, and all 3 of them rate it helpful. It’s not surprising that Alex and Harshita agree, since they usually have similar views about football.
But it’s a bigger deal that Maria agrees this time, because she usually doesn’t find notes on football videos helpful – it’s a hint that this note will be helpful to more kinds of people.
Building on this basic idea, Community Notes uses technology that detects if contributors rate differently over time. If enough contributors who have a history of rating differently agree that a community note is helpful, there’s a better chance it will get published, because more people on Facebook, Instagram and Threads will probably find it helpful, too.
The community writes and decides, not Meta or fact-checkers
A small group of fact-checkers doesn’t decide which posts should get a community note or what the community note should say. Neither does Meta or its review teams. Meta does make sure that contributors and the notes they write follow the Community Standards.
Become a contributor
To start using this feature, you must be based in the U.S., be over 18, have an account that’s more than 6 months old and in good standing, and have a verified phone number or have set up two-factor authentication. Learn how two-factor authentication works on Facebook, on Instagram and on Threads.
We will begin to notify eligible contributors who are on the waitlist once the Community Notes beta launches.
FAQ
While Community Notes is not yet available, we’re sharing a few more details about how the beta feature will work.
If you’re a Community Notes contributor and you see a post that might be inaccurate or confusing, you can write and submit a note with background information, a tip or an insight that people might find useful. Contributors will be able to write and submit notes on most public content across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Notes must be under 500 characters and include a link.
To sign up to be a Community Notes contributor, you need to be based in the U.S., over 18, have an account that’s more than 6 months old and in good standing, and have a verified phone number or have set up two-factor authentication.
We will begin to admit eligible contributors off the waitlist when the Community Notes beta launches.
Community notes aren’t available yet, but we’ll be phasing them in over the next few months.