TikTok introduces Community Notes in the form of Footnotes, a new fact-checking tool

Community Notes are social media platforms' new favorite it-item. X has them. Meta has them. And now, they're coming to TikTok.

TikTok announced the pilot of Footnotes, its version of Community Notes, earlier this year. But, today, they're officially rolling out in the U.S. for users in the pilot program. Around 80,000 users are contributing to Footnotes, and each of them have had an active TikTok account for at least six months, live in the U.S., haven't had community guidelines violations in the past six months, and are at least 18 years old. If you'd like to be a part of the program, you can apply online.

Footnotes will "start to appear on videos in the coming weeks for our U.S. community, who will also be able to rate them," TikTok said in a press release.

"At first, it may take some time for a footnote to become public as contributors get started and become more familiar with the feature," according to TikTok. "The more footnotes get written and rated on different topics, the smarter and more effective the system becomes. Our ranking systems will learn and improve over time, which we expect will help close the gap between a footnote being written and becoming visible."

The footnotes will be moderated with a combination of automated moderation and human moderation, and users can report footnotes they thing are untrue or break TikTok's rules.

"Footnotes builds on our extensive efforts to maintain platform integrity with content labels, search banners, and a global fact-checking program that help people understand the reliability of content and access authoritative sources," TikTok said in its press release.

The platform introduced the launch of this feature along with a whole host of other features, including Discover & Learn, Family Pairing, a well-being mission, and new tools for creators.