Twitter to check algorithm after image-cropping bias accusation

Twitter Inc has launched an initiative to provide users context on how it uses machine learning algorithm. They claim the feature manifests racial bias, particularly against Black users, in the algorithm. This includes analysis of gender and racial bias in its image-cropping algorithm, home timelines recommendations across racial subgroups, and analysis of content recommendations for different political ideologies across seven countries. Facebook’s algorithm has been called out several times till date, including the incident in 2018 when it was said to have allowed some U.S.-based property and job advertisers to exclude certain minority groups in their postings.