Birdwatch Archive

Birdwatch Note

2023-08-17 07:52:57 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

As of 12/10/2020, airlines can now treat ESAs as pets, & are only required to allow trained service animals onboard planes. Many have banned ESAs due to companies like this that encourage people to pass untrained pets off as ESAs, & passengers were harmed. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/10/2020-26679/traveling-by-air-with-service-animals https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1011881

Written by BAE88299FD6D64CCAEE109446ADD2A6AD9A832716A3B05F9F115DA320EC4D45C
Participant Details

All Information

• ID - 1692082068472406225
• noteId - 1692082068472406225
• participantId -
• noteAuthorParticipantId - BAE88299FD6D64CCAEE109446ADD2A6AD9A832716A3B05F9F115DA320EC4D45C Participant Details
• createdAtMillis - 1692258777143
• tweetId - 1686955386530598912
• classification - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
• believable -
• harmful -
• validationDifficulty -
• misleadingOther - 0
• misleadingFactualError - 1
• misleadingManipulatedMedia - 0
• misleadingOutdatedInformation - 0
• misleadingMissingImportantContext - 1
• misleadingUnverifiedClaimAsFact - 0
• misleadingSatire - 0
• notMisleadingOther - 0
• notMisleadingFactuallyCorrect - 0
• notMisleadingOutdatedButNotWhenWritten - 0
• notMisleadingClearlySatire - 0
• notMisleadingPersonalOpinion - 0
• trustworthySources - 1
• summary
• As of 12/10/2020, airlines can now treat ESAs as pets, & are only required to allow trained service animals onboard planes. Many have banned ESAs due to companies like this that encourage people to pass untrained pets off as ESAs, & passengers were harmed. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/10/2020-26679/traveling-by-air-with-service-animals https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1011881