Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

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@iandunt.bsky.social They created 9 users and collected and analysed what the algorithm showed those 9 users. They have evidence of bias. We can surmise that something must introduce bias because the bias exists. They didn’t find the algorithm. They can’t show it or explain it.

And things like this are just dumb: “As a result, platforms built as public town squares for self-expression and connecting with others are now more like private property, where the loudest voices belong to those with power”

It was always private property. They’re wilfully misunderstanding these terms. And they don’t even engage with the disproportionate power the wealthy have in things that truly are “public.”

@paco @iandunt.bsky.social yes, that paragraph jumped out at me too, as surprisingly uninformed. The town square is explicitly a public space. Twitter never was nor ever claimed to be. It was always privately owned.