(CNN Business) Some Twitter users are pointing out that the automatic method the platform employs to display previews of images may be biased toward showing pictures of white people. Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama?" A number of other Twitter users responded to the post, some sharing the same or similar results. When a Twitter user posts an image to the social network, it uses an algorithm to automatically crop a preview version that viewers will see before clicking through to the full-size image. Additionally, it shows that how an algorithm is tested and how users might interact with it can be meaningfully different.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 21:22 UTC