Eligibility
To become a Birdwatch contributor, accounts must have:
- No recent notice of Twitter Rules violations
- Joined Twitter at least 6 months ago
- A verified phone number
That phone number must be:
- From a trusted U.S.-based phone carrier
- Not associated with other Birdwatch accounts
These make it more likely that contributors are real people instead of bots or adversary actors.
If you're having issues with signup due to your phone number, see Phone number troubleshooting
We want anyone to be able to contribute to Birdwatch, and may remove or modify some of these criteria as Birdwatch evolves and as we observe contributor's ability to promote high quality context that people find helpful.
Admissions
Our goal is to admit applicants on a rolling, periodic basis. We will admit all contributors who meet the required criteria, but if we have more applicants than pilot slots, we will randomly admit accounts, prioritizing those more likely to participate due to having been recently active on Twitter, and those that tend to follow and engage with different tweets than existing contributors do — so as to reduce the likelihood that contributors would be predominantly from one ideology, background, or interest space.
Contributions are public
To promote transparency, all contributions to Birdwatch are anonymized and publicly visible on the Birdwatch site, even if an account’s Tweets are protected.
Rules
Contributions are also subject to Twitter Rules, Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Failure to abide by the rules can result in removal from the Birdwatch pilot, and/or other remediations.
Anyone can report notes they believe aren’t in accordance with those rules by clicking or tapping the ••• menu on a note, and then selecting "Report", or by using this form.