The revelation was uncovered as the social media behemoth was examining how its algorithm suggests political information to users, according to the company. Twitter has faced accusations of anti-conservative bias in the past.
Researchers then compared the tweets that were magnified more on an algorithmically ordered feed to those that were amplified more on a reverse-chronological stream, both of which consumers can access.
They discovered that mainstream political right parties and outlets had higher degrees of "algorithmic amplification" than their left-wing equivalents
The platform announced in April that it was doing research to see if its algorithms were causing "unintentional injuries."In May, the business admitted that its image-cropping algorithm had flaws that favored white people over black people and women over men.