Twitter search for 'racist' shows Trump's profile as top account
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Twitter’s search algorithm produces President Donald Trump’s page as a top result for “racist” or “racism.”
The result was noted by several twitter users and reported by Cnet, which had several reporters verify that it was not a joke but indeed an authentic result on Twitter. Fox News checked and noted Trump’s Twitter account is listed as the top result under the “people” tab.
A screen shot showing Twitter search results for "racist."
Even when the search is conducted in incognito mode or while not signed into a Twitter account, Trump is still the top result.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Twitter spokeswoman told Cnet that when users mention an account along with certain terms, the account and the keywords can become algorithmically linked as a recommendation. Users have recently been talking about Trump and racism in a number of posts, likely in response to his actions regarding the national protests over police brutality.
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Trump has had an increasingly hostile relationship with Twitter, which came to a head when the social media site applied a “fact check” tag to one of the president’s tweets and censored another for "glorifying violence."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Trump responded by escalating the situation with an executive order that curbed legal protections for social media platforms. The move drew criticism for potentially making a platform liable for what its users say, true or false.
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In addition, the president suggested that he might set up a commission to explore possible bias in social media platforms. Twitter responded by stating it will now focus on "context, not fact-checking," a tweet to determine future violations.