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•2 days ago

    Lets ban tiktok! They promote socialist propaganda.

    Huh? That didnt work…

    Lets ban tiktok! They promote republican propaganda.

    Now that should do it.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•2 days 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.

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 day 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.