STUDY: Radical remnant at X/Twitter working against Musk to boost Dems ahead of election

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From Breitbart: A recent study by the Media Research Center (MRC) has uncovered a significant bias in X’s algorithm, favoring Democratic members of Congress over their Republican counterparts in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

The Media Research Center’s MRCFreeSpeech America, which focuses on big tech censorship, reports that according to a comprehensive study conducted by the group, social media giant X/Twitter is actively boosting content from Democratic congressional members while simultaneously suppressing posts from Republican lawmakers. This algorithmic bias comes at a critical time, with the 2024 election on the horizon, raising concerns about potential election interference.

Using X’s AI chatbot, Grok, MRC researchers were able to examine the platform’s algorithm and how it treats all members of Congress. The findings show a clear advantage given to Democrats in both the House and Senate over their Republican counterparts.

“The blatant bias in X’s algorithm reveals an internal revolt against Musk within the company’s ranks,” the MRC report announced. “With the 2024 election just months away, MRC’s evidence suggests that a radical remnant is still working against Musk in secret by tilting the scales in favor of the left. MRC had uncovered a spike in censorship cases following Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in 2022, which was the first red flag that holdovers from Old Twitter were actively undermining him and his free speech vision for the platform. The censorship practices of Old Twitter that were thought to be a thing of the past are very much active today.”

Below are stunning excerpts from the MRC Free Speech report:

The X algorithm assigns each account a “visibility score” on a scale of 0-100. Each of these scores determines which accounts the platform boosts and which it de-boosts, according to X’s AI chatbot, Grok. MRC’s analysts prompted Grok to examine the social media platform’s algorithm — which Musk open-sourced in 2023 in a display of transparency — to calculate the visibility scores for all members of Congress. The algorithm, per Grok, uses four core metrics, also based on a 0-100 scale, to calculate the overall visibility score. The results are in: X’s algorithm overwhelmingly favors the left.

As rated by the Institute for Legislative Analysis (“ILA,” a non-partisan Congressional ratings organization), the firebrands in Congress with the most leftwing voting records are treated the best by X. Among these lawmakers are Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (a self-proclaimed socialist who caucuses with Democrats).

X’s treatment of members of Congress generally gets worse as their voting records become more conservative. Based on their ILA-rated voting records, Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Greg Steube (R-FL) and Scott Perry (R-PA) are all among the most conservative members, and their X visibility scores are among the worst. Whereas Sens. Shelley Capito (R-WV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Thomas Kean (R-NJ) and Maria Salazar (R-FL) received relatively moderate ILA ratings, and the X visibility scores are worse than the most liberal but better than the most conservative.

One shocking result of MRC’s findings was that Waters is considered to be the least toxic, most reputable and highest-ranked House member by X’s algorithm with a total visibility score of 86.5 out of 100. This is despite her history of numerous falsehoods and toxic political and racial flamethrowing posted on her account.

The average score for Senate Republicans stood at an abysmal 66.8 out of 100, while Senate Democrats boasted a stellar 82.4 out of 100. In the House, the Republicans’ score was worse than the score assigned to their Senate counterparts, averaging a mere 58.6 out of 100. The House Democrats’ score, by contrast, was 67.0 out of 100, almost ten points higher than the House Republicans’ average.

MRC editor Joe Vazquez announced, “My latest study with my colleague @MonteCristo1837 provides new evidence suggesting an internal revolt happening at @X against @elonmusk. Hopefully this gets resolved. STAT.”

MRC Vice President Dan Schneider said, “Musk is clearly on their trail, trying to root out the problematic employees and algorithms in conflict with his vision. We hope that our findings will alert him to where these problems might be lurking.”

Schneider recently spoke with Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes regarding the study.

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