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2023-04-15 00:41:10 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The linked article falsely claims the Recommendation algorithm has been modified to bias it in favor of Elon Musk personally. The algorithm—now open sourced on GitHub—contains no code that artificially boosts Elon Musk or his most popular supporters as the author claims. https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm

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• The linked article falsely claims the Recommendation algorithm has been modified to bias it in favor of Elon Musk personally. The algorithm—now open sourced on GitHub—contains no code that artificially boosts Elon Musk or his most popular supporters as the author claims. https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm