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Twitter’s Image Cropping Tool Allegedly Showed Gender and Racial Bias
2020-09-18
Twitter's photo cropping algorithm was revealed by researchers to favor white and women faces in photos containing multiple faces, prompting the company to stop its use on mobile platform.
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Permanent Removal of Social Media Content via Automated Tools Allegedly Prevented Investigative Efforts
2020-03-16
Automated permanent removal of violating social media content, such as terrorism, violent extremism, and hate speech, without archival has allegedly hindered the potential use of this content for investigating serious crimes and hampered efforts in criminal accountability.
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Twitter Recommender System Amplified Right-Leaning Tweets
2016-02-10
Twitter’s “Home” timeline algorithm was revealed by its internal researchers to have amplified tweets and news of rightwing politicians and organizations more than leftwing ones in six out of seven studied countries.
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Collaborative Filtering Prone to Popularity Bias, Resulting in Overrepresentation of Popular Items in the Recommendation Outputs
2022-03-01
Collaborative filtering prone to popularity bias, resulting in overrepresentation of popular items in the recommendation outputs.
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Bots Allegedly Made up Roughly Half of Twitter Accounts in Discussions Surrounding COVID-19 Related Issues
2020-01-01
Bots by anonymous actors were found by researchers to make up roughly half of Twitter accounts participating in COVID-19 discussions, many of which posted tweets about “reopening America“.
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Chinese Accounts Spammed Twitter Feed Allegedly to Obscure News of Protests
2022-11-27
Twitter Feed was flooded by content from Chinese-language accounts which allegedly aimed to manipulate and reduce social media coverage about widespread protests against coronavirus restrictions in China.
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A Deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren Circulated Saying Republicans Should Not Vote
2023-02-20
In February 2023, a deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren circulated on social media in which doctored footage of her from an MSNBC interview had her claiming that she believes Republicans should not vote.
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