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Twitter’s ML Ethics, Transparency and Accountability (META) research team analysed the tweets posted by elected officials between April 1 and August 15, 2020. They also studied tweets containing links to news articles shared by people on Twitter.
Algorithm was developed to enable users to crop images and improve consistency in the size of photos in their timelines
Twitter phasing out its controversial image cropping algorithm Twitter is phasing out its image cropping algorithm after a deeper research Adv. Facing allegations of bias, Twitter is phasing out its image cropping algorithm after a deeper research, as it looks into accusations from the public that its image system was biased. The company said on Wednesday that not everything on Twitter is a good candidate for an algorithm, and in this case, “how to crop an image is a decision best made by people”. Twitter started using a saliency algorithm in 2018 to crop images and improve consistency i...