{"id":1908422,"date":"2023-04-01T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-makes-some-of-its-source-code-public-promises-more\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T15:58:27","slug":"twitter-makes-some-of-its-source-code-public-promises-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-makes-some-of-its-source-code-public-promises-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter makes some of its source code public, promises more"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-makes-some-of-its-source-code-public-promises-more%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1908422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Twitter has made parts of its computer code public in response to requests from its owner, Elon Musk, who believes that code transparency will lead to higher trust among users and rapid improvements to the product. Musk has also promised to release the entirety of Twitter&#8217;s source code in the next few weeks. The move will allow users and programmers to see how the social media site recommends content, including the recommendations algorithm that controls the tweets displayed on users&#8217; timelines. However, Twitter has excluded code that would compromise user safety or privacy and details that would undermine efforts to prevent child sexual abuse material on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s decision to make patch of its source code public aims to address lawmakers and users&#8217; concerns over social media platforms&#8217; content selection algorithms. Musk confirms that third parties should be able to analyze the entire code and suggest modifications to the algorithm. He also added that Twitter will update its recommendation algorithm every 24 to 48 hours based on user suggestions. The release of Twitter&#8217;s source code is also a response to a recent case where portions of Twitter\u2019s code were leaked on Github, which took down the code last week at Twitter\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>However, Twitter did not include the code that powers\u00a0its ad recommendations in the repositories that it uploaded to Github. Musk and some Twitter employees also held a session where users asked for recommendations and questioned how the platform\u2019s code works. During the session, a Twitter employee responded that the code feature classifying people as Republicans or Democrats was an old feature that had not been relevant to the platform\u2019s recommendation system, and the company will look to remove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter on Friday made public parts of the computer code that decides how the social media site recommends content, with its owner Elon Musk adding that the entirety of the code will be available in the next few weeks. 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