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Yes, we do. Internal research at Twitter found that right wing tweets actually got promoted more by their algorithms.

• redeeman 4y ago
  yes, let us ask twitter for their opinion on whether they are doing improper things. its like if a policeman is accused of wrongdoing, he gets to investigate if he did that himself.
• rglullis 4y ago
  > Yes, we do. No, we don't. This is not an yes/no answer. This is the type of question that should be answered in terms of confidence intervals. > right wing tweets actually got promoted more In relation to what? What is a "right wing" tweet? What is a "left wing" tweet? E.g, if the algorithm is focused on filtering out disparaging extreme messages, and it ends up filtering X amount of "non-extreme right wing content", 3X of "extreme right-wing content" and 5X of "extreme left-wing content", it satisfies the claim that "it promotes more right-wing content" while also silencing conservative voices.
  • Rainydae 4y ago
    This is not exclusive to Twitter, but here's a recent research papaer on the comparative advantage of "the right" in dissimination of information on social media. The advantage of the right in social media news sharing: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac137/6651695?login=false https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac137/66516... Upenn article summary: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-research-Twitter-gives-conservative-news-greater-visibility-liberal-content https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-research-Twitter-gives...