Twitter to phase out image cropping option

New Delhi FACING allegations of bias, Twitter is phasing out its image cropping algorithm after a deeper research, as it looks into accusations from the public that its image system was biased. The company said on Wednesday that not everything on Twitter is a good candidate for an algorithm, and in this case, "how to crop an image is a decision best made by people". Twitter started using a saliency algorithm in 2018 to crop images and improve consistency in the size of photos in users' timeline.

However, people on Twitter noted instances where its model chose white individuals over Black individuals in images and male-presenting images over female-presenting images. The Twitter users also identified instances where image cropping chose a woman's chest or legs as a salient feature.