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Scientists Respond to FTC Inquiry into Tech Censorship
Dean Jackson spoke to leading scholars to see what the science says about a claim that underpins conservative concerns about social media.
In the second study, we deployed neutral social bots who started following news sources across the political spectrum on Twitter and tracked them during five months in 2019 to probe distinct biases emerging from platform mechanisms versus user interactions. Policy Fellow, Institute for Data Democracy and Politics, The George Washington University The FTC’s request for information highlights some important questions for lawmakers and non-governmental organizations concerned with free expression and online safety. This approach allows controversial content and political speech to remain online, but gives critical, cross ideologically vetted context users can trust knowing that opposing viewpoints contributed to the final rating.
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