Twitter Algorithm

Twitter scraps automated image-cropping algorithm, says it cropped out Blacks and females

Twitter says it found the algorithm delivered "unequal treatment based on demographic differences", and "objectification" bias that focused on a woman's chest or legs.

Twitter and Facebook Trending Topics incidents highlight emerging social media bias

Costolo reportedly asked for a new algorithm that could filter abusive tweets, but didn't stop there. He also asked the media partnerships team to manually censor tweets in case the algorithm was inconsistent.