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X OPEN SOURCES ITS ALGORITHM WHILE FACING A TRANSPARENCY FINE AND GROK CONTROVERSIES

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X has open sourced its algorithm, giving the world a peek behind the company's algorithmic curtain. The site's algorithm considers engagement history and surveys recent in-network posts when finding content for individual users. It conducts a machine-learning-based analysis of 'out of network' posts that it believes the user might also find appealing. The algorithm then filters out certain kinds of posts, as well as content deemed too violent or spam-like, and ranks the content based on what it thinks users will find most appealing.