Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity

Twitter has been working to combat spam and abuse on its platform for a while now, but there are still plenty of instances of toxicity on the network. In its next step to clean up the service, Twitter has enlisted experts from universities to conduct an audit of its platform to figure out where the echo chambers and "uncivil discourse" are originating from.

Back in March, Twitter put out a call for experts to measure how toxic its platform was and suggest ways to improve it. It said finalists would be chosen in July. Twitter now says there were 230 applicants, and of those, the winners include two professors from New York's Syracuse University, one from Italy's Bocconi University, a professor from a college that specializes in tech in...

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