A study found TikTok's algorithm recommended more Republican-aligned content during the 2024 US election. Republican accounts saw more like-minded content, while Democratic accounts were shown more opposing views. This suggests a pro-Republican skew.

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.

  • young_broccoli
    2•1 month ago

    Lets ban tiktok! They promote socialist propaganda.

    Huh? That didnt work…

    Lets ban tiktok! They promote republican propaganda.

    Now that should do it.

    • @naught101
      4•1 month ago

      Let’s just ban corporate-controlled social media.

        • @naught101
          1•1 month ago

          Personally I’d like some way to be able to access information from people who know more about various things that I do. If it’s delivered to me and doesn’t require me going and visiting them each individually, that would be a nice bonus.

    • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      You just need to keep screaming “China! China! China! They hacked our elections! We have to stop China!” and either you’ll get something banned eventually.

    • @finitebanjo
      1•1 month ago

      If by “Socialist” you mean the Chinese government then both are true. The CCP backed the Trump campaign from start to finish. Weakening the USA and NATO is a dream come true to them.

      Even the Tankie communities here on Lemmy were praising Trump and trashing Biden and the DNC.