Summary

A study found that TikTok’s recommendation algorithm favored Republican-leaning content during the 2024 U.S. presidential race.

TikTok, with over a billion active users worldwide, has become a key source of news, particularly for younger audiences.

Using 323 simulated accounts, researchers discovered that Republican-leaning users received 11.8% more aligned content than Democratic-leaning users, who were exposed to more opposing viewpoints.

The bias was largely driven by negative partisanship, with more anti-Democratic content recommended.

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They published a Tax the Rich plan which removed the cap for social security so the rich paid their share, targeted unrelized gains on the top while lowering taxes for people who make less than 100k, and never raising taxes below 400k.

    It doesn’t fucking matter what their platform is if we’re not actively promoting them because they aren’t pure enough they will still lose.

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      10 hours ago

      It doesn’t matter cause there is no press in America. Just play things for billionaires.

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        8 hours ago

        I don’t like anti-journalist blanket statements, it sounds like the shit you hear on Fox News and Maga Subreddits.