ETHICS & TRUST BIAS Twitter

Twitter may let users choose how to crop image previews after bias scrutiny

October 4, 2020, by Natasha Lomas

In an interesting development in the wake of a bias controversy over its cropping algorithm, Twitter has said it’s considering giving users decision-making power over ...

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BIAS RACIAL BIAS Twitter

Twitter plans to change how image cropping works following concerns over racial bias

October 4, 2020, by Chaim Gartenberg

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter this week announced it would be changing how image cropping works on its website after concerns that ...

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BIAS RACIAL BIAS Twitter

Biased Algorithms: Does Anybody Believe Twitter Is Racist?

October 4, 2020, by Enrique Dans, Senior Contributor

Some people realized that the algorithm Twitter uses to center pictures in tweets always chooses a white face over a black one. But does this ...

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MEDIA & INFORMATION BIAS RACIAL BIAS Twitter

Twitter is investigating after anecdotal data suggested its picture-cropping tool favors white faces

September 22, 2020, by insider@insider.com (Isobel Asher Hamilton)

Twitter’s algorithm may have favored images of Mitch McConnell over Barack Obama. Alex Wong/Getty Images Twitter is investigating whether its automatic image cropper may be ...

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BIAS RACIAL BIAS Twitter

Twitter investigating automated image previews over apparent algorithmic bias

September 22, 2020, by Chris Mills Rodrigo

Twitter is investigating the algorithm it uses to crop pictures for its mobile platform after several users pointed out a tendency to zero in on white ...

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ETHICS & TRUST BIAS RACIAL BIAS Twitter

Twitter investigating possible racial bias in photo previews

September 21, 2020, by Colm Gorey

A number of Twitter users claimed to have stumbled on what appeared to be racial bias in the social network’s photo preview algorithm that favours ...

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INTERNET SAFETY MEDIA & INFORMATION MISINFORMATION QANON Twitter

It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans

September 15, 2020, by Abby Ohlheiser

Twitter is perfect as a megaphone for the far right: its trending topics are easy to game, journalists spend way too much time on the ...

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ETHICS & TRUST WOMEN Twitter

This algorithm claims to curb abuse of women on Twitter

September 7, 2020, by Aditya Saroha

The algorithm identified ‘go back to the kitchen’ as misogynistic and researchers said they were happy to see that context learning worked.

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