The article announces the launch of a new social network named “Twitter.now” by a startup called Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates. According to the article, X (formerly Twitter) had previously sued Operation Bluebird, seeking an injunction to prevent the launch of a platform using the “Twitter” name. However, Operation Bluebird argued that X had relinquished trademarks such as “Twitter” and “Tweet,” allowing them to proceed with their project.
Operation Bluebird emphasizes that Twitter.now is not an attempt to recreate the old Twitter platform. Instead, the company aims to build a service centered around trust, transparency, and user choice. The platform employs an AI system called VERA, which assesses posts, verifies claims, provides context, and assigns a trust score. Users will have the ability to set their preferred trust score to filter out low-trust content. The company acknowledges the challenges of moderation that all social networks face and states that an upcoming version of VERA (2.0) will allow users to configure their app to display only posts above a chosen trust threshold. Source