Matt Maddock
Case #
6653

X community adds a context note to MI state representative post: Michigan state representative Matt Maddock posted "Happening right now. Three busses [sic] just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort? @petehoekstra." The post included two photos showing the buses near the airplane. The X community added a note to the post that read: "Readers added context they thought people might want to know. The buses and police escort are for the Gonzaga University men's basketball team, who are playing a Sweet Sixteen game at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit on Fri. 3/29. rawstory.com/matt-maddock-2… twitter.com/MaxWhiteWXYZ/s… twitter.com/ZagMBB/status/… twitter.com/ZagMBB/status/…" The label is part of X’s Community Notes system. X users are able to sign up as contributors to add context to posts. X owner Elon Musk shared that any post with a Community Note added to it will be demonetized. The Community Notes account on X also posted that notices will be pushed to users who previously engaged with a post when a Community Note is added to it later.

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