Flutterby™! : Political biases in the Twitter algorithm 2022-04-20 18:59:22.55551+02

Political biases in the Twitter algorithm

2022-04-20 18:59:22.55551+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter

...To test the hypothesis that left-wing or right-wing politicians are amplified differently, we identified the largest mainstream left or center-left and mainstream right or center-right party in each legislature, and present pairwise comparisons between these in Fig. 1B. With the exception of Germany, we find a statistically significant difference favoring the political right wing. This effect is strongest in Canada (Liberals 43% vs. Conservatives 167%) and the United Kingdom (Labor 112% vs. Conservatives 176%)....

Via https://twitter.com/rajiinio/status/1516099773228478468

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