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# Community Notes Missed 93 Percent of Election Misinformation
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/community-notes-missed-93-percent-of-election-misinformation/
- Published: 2026-10-21T16:17:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T16:17:57.000Z
- Description: NewsGuard’s audit of X’s fact-checking system found it failed to catch the vast majority of false midterm claims, exposing a gap between crowdsourced moderation’s theoretical appeal and its practical ability to scale.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, misinformation, platform moderation, election integrity

Source: [NewsGuard's Reality Check](https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguardtech/p/xs-community-notes-flunk-the-midterms)

NewsGuard's audit of X's fact-checking system found it failed to catch the vast majority of false midterm claims, exposing a gap between crowdsourced moderation's theoretical appeal and its practical ability to scale. The finding matters because Elon Musk has positioned Community Notes as a replacement for professional fact-checking on the platform, while advertisers and regulators increasingly scrutinize X's approach to election integrity. When a supposedly self-correcting system misses nine in ten false statements during high-stakes civic moments, the platform is betting on speed and engagement over accuracy—a calculation that leaves vulnerable populations and tight electoral races without meaningful friction against falsehoods.