After accused of gender and racial bias, Twitter disables controversial image cropping algorithm

Since 2018, Twitter has used a saliency algorithm to crop preview images that will appear in a tweet. Users have reported that the algorithm had a gender and racial bias and we’ve seen several examples showing favouritism towards Caucasians over people of colour. To investigate the claims, Twitter had conducted to study to find out … Continue reading After accused of gender and racial bias, Twitter disables controversial image cropping algorithm