Last year, Twitter tweeted, “Our commitment to public chat continues.” Introduced version 2.0 with the slogan. Explaining that they attach importance to transparency, the company announced that they shared the source code of the Twitter platform.
Source code of Twitter platform shared
In a blog post on the subject, the company said, “At Twitter 2.0, we believe it is our responsibility to make our platform transparent as the internet’s town square. So today, we are ushering in a new era of transparency and making our source code available to the global community.” made statements.
Diagram showing the main components used to create a timeline
In the source codes shared on GitHub, it can be clearly seen by which algorithm the Tweets shown to users are determined. Publishing a detailed blog post about the platform’s recommendation algorithm, Twitter underlined that they will highlight transparency.
Explaining that significant steps have been taken in combating manipulation, company officials said, “We aimed for the highest level of transparency while excluding any code that would compromise user security and privacy or our ability to protect our platform from bad actors, including undermining our efforts to combat sexual exploitation and manipulation of children. . Today’s version does not include the code that supports our ad suggestions.” said.
Sharing the files related to its artificial intelligence-supported work, the company stated that the shared codes do not endanger user security. Announcing that it will make more code open source in the future, Twitter stated that users can contribute to the development of the recommendation algorithm.
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