Question

Twitter's app is now asking you to specify your ethnicity preferences.

Answer 1

There is no evidence to support the claim of “Twitter” (now known as X) asking for ethnicity preferences. Upon completing a Twitter (X) account you are asked what your preferences for content would be, and then recommended accounts to follow. Never are you asked about ethnic preferences or anything of the sorts. In fact, nowhere are you asked for any personal details besides your date of birth and an optional addition of your home city. I just freshly made an account and cross referenced the following instruction sheet as to how to make an account to verify the authenticity of this claim. 

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/twitter/how-to-tweet/1/ 

Comments

I like your approach of creating a new Twitter account to test out the claim's accuracy. Nice work!

Answer 2

Where did you first see this claim besides this Bluesky post? Were there any other sources or links that would provide any context as to where this idea came from? When researching information on this argument, no information was found reporting any new preference settings for Twitter that are focused on ethnicity. In 2022, a group of data analysts examined the racial demographics in media, focusing specifically on Twitter. In this article, it is stated that "There is no standard accepted approach or current guidelines for extracting or inferring the race or ethnicity of Twitter users," meaning that Twitter has never had guidelines or settings to set ethnicity preferences.  

Methods to Establish Race or Ethnicity of Twitter Users: Scoping Review   

Comments

This is a good response I feel like you asked the right questions for example, asking if there were a sources or links for further context to their claim. I looked at your source and it did talk about how there are no current official guidelines for determining or inferring the race or ethnicity of Twitter users.