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Twitter CEO Admits Algorithm Has Been ‘Unfair’

John Bickley

At a congressional hearing on Twitter’s transparency and accountability on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that the platform’s algorithm has been “unfair.”

In reference to the so-called “shadow-banning” of some 600,000 accounts, which included some members of Congress, Dorsey acknowledged that the platform’s “quality filter” had suppressed the visibility of accounts using parameters that unfairly impacted some users.

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