Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds
The research found that in six out of seven countries, apart from Germany, tweets from rightwing politicians received more amplification from the algorithm than those from the left; right-leaning news organisations were more amplified than those on the left; and generally politicians’ tweets were more amplified by an algorithmic timeline than by the chronological timeline.
According to a 27-page research document, Twitter found a “statistically significant difference favouring the political right wing” in all the countries except Germany. Under the research, a value of 0% meant tweets reached the same number of users on the algorithm-tailored timeline as on its chronological counterpart, whereas a value of 100% meant tweets achieved double the reach. On this basis, the most powerful discrepancy between right and left was in Canada (Liberals 43%; Conservatives 167%), followed by the UK (Labour 112%; Conservatives 176%). Even excluding top government officials, the results were similar, the document said.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Did you mean this… theguardian.com/…/twitter-admits-bias-in-algorith…
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Called out. Posts this:
But apparently doesn’t read past the headline.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ha ha lol you’ve been schooled.