Twitter sometimes shares information and research about how its algorithm works and works with the public. In a recent briefing and published research, Twitter admitted that its own algorithm makes right-wing media organizations stand out.
Recently, disturbing investigations, leaks, documents, confessions related to social media platforms have started to appear frequently. In addition to some research and documents revealed about their harm to people, some information about how social media platforms try to interfere with people’s political or social choices and apply double standards on various issues reaches the public.
Recently, it was revealed that Facebook can share high-profile and influential users with an application called XCheck that violates community rules without any sanctions, and the oversight board accused Facebook of not being transparent and not sharing enough information. In previous months, the image cropping mechanism implemented by the Twitter algorithm for black citizens had caused controversy. It is not known whether these are errors caused by algorithms or voluntary social media policies, but it is obvious that it is starting to get annoying.
Highlights the shares of right-wing political and media organizations
Twitter by April 1 – August 15, 2020, between the dates of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, 7 countries including Spain and Japan by examining the share of the political content of news media in the research, Twitter’s right-wing political parties and news organizations have stated that the shares become more visible. Twitter argued that they were not aware of this and that it was performed by the algorithm.
While there is a suggestion system, political ideology, and did not consider, therefore, the same political formation at the same level where people who are interested in reaching findings on Twitter have been one, “right-leaning news organizations, left-leaning news organizations, compared to our algorithms that were highlighted by more said he understood. As a result of the research, it was stated that this finding was not encountered in Germany. Twitter has said its goals are to reduce inequality of all kinds.
