The company said it uploaded the code in two repositories on code-sharing platform Github
. They include the source code for many parts of Twitter, including the recommendations algorithm which controls the tweets that users see on their timeline.
The move comes at the behest of its billionaire owner Elon Musk, who has said code transparency would lead to higher trust among users and rapid improvements to the product. Musk tweeted on Friday that third parties should be able to analyze the open-sourced code and “determine, with reasonable accuracy, what will probably be shown to users.”Twitter said it excluded code that would compromise user safety or privacy, as well as details that would undermine efforts to prevent child sexual abuse material on the platform.
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