Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets

[Innula Zenovka]

Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets

Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds

www.theguardian.com

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[Free]

Of course there is.

If there was no bias, the right would be screaming there was - for the left. They already do that now.

 

[Sean Gorham]

Somebody remind me again who screams about the left being snowflakes, and who everybody knows are the real snowflakes?

Projection, it's an amazing thing.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Somebody remind me again who screams about the left being snowflakes, and who everybody knows are the real snowflakes?

Projection, it's an amazing thing.

Yup, for every thing the right accuses the left of doing [and in the US, 'Left' is anyone who isn't extreme 'right'], I start looking for them to be doing that thing.