Twitter’s campaign to foster healthier conversations on its platform with the aid of academics is itself facing an allegation of anti-Trump bias. In previous tweets from their personal accounts, a number of the academics involved in the high-profile project have repeatedly slammed the Trump administration. In a blog post Thursday Twitter announced that it is working with experts to measure “healthy conversation” on the platform. A six-strong-group of academics will analyze “echo chambers” that form around political discussions on Twitter and “incivility and intolerance” on the microblogging site. Both academics have also slammed Trump on Twitter.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2018 16:18 UTC