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August 19, 2018 03:02 pm GMT

Jack Dorsey says Twitter's 'left-leaning' bias doesn't affect content decisions

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is still trying to convince conservatives that his service treats them fairly.

Speaking to CNN's Brian Stelter in an interview that aired Saturday, Twitter's top executive again reiterated that the social media company does not make content decisions on the basis of political views, even though Twitter itself has a "more left-leaning" bias.

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"But the real question behind the question is, are we doing something according to political ideology or viewpoints? And we are not. Period," Dorsey said in response to a question about "shadow bans," Twitter's practice of using algorithms to limit the visibility of certain tweets. "We do not look at content with regards to political viewpoints or ideology, we look at behavior." Read more...

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