The Twitter Image Thumbnail Racial Bias Controversy refers to a viral 2020 event where users discovered Twitter's auto-cropping algorithm consistently prioritized white faces over Black faces in photo previews. Sparked by a thread comparing Barack Obama and Mitch McConnell, the trend saw thousands of users testing the AI with various figures, fictional characters, and even objects to see which one the software would 'choose' to display. The controversy forced Twitter to publicly apologize and eventually change how images are displayed on the timeline to prevent algorithmic bias. Today, the template is used to satirize tech bias, compare two opposing figures, or highlight the absurdity of automated decision-making processes.