Twitter Has a Conservative Bias

Thinking Twitter is biased against you conservatives? Better give Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation.

Surprisingly, our research provided evidence that Twitter has a conservative, rather than a liberal bias. On average, accounts are drawn toward the conservative side. Liberal accounts were exposed to moderate content, which shifted their experience toward the political center, while the interactions of right-leaning accounts were skewed toward posting conservative content. Accounts that followed conservative news sources also received more politically aligned followers, becoming embedded in denser echo chambers and gaining influence within those partisan communities.

 Might start asking yourself why perceptions differ from reality. Might start wondering who is promoting this false perception and why.

sch 5/14/22