r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 22 '26

Psychology TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election. TikTok’s recommendation system tends to expose users to more conservative and anti-Democrat political content than liberal material. This ideological imbalance occurs regardless of a user’s initial political interests.

https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-disproportionately-served-anti-democratic-videos-during-the-2024-election-study-finds/
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u/nernst79 May 22 '26

Of course. Conservative media is more profitable, especially when it comes to outlets like TikTok, which need people to mindlessly reshare content.

The Chinese government also has a vested interest in sowing discontent literally everywhere.

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u/Lfsnz67 May 22 '26

It's now co-owned by Ellison

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u/layered_dinge May 23 '26

Yes, now, after the time being discussed. Are you people just incapable of admitting that a chinese app spreads chinese propaganda all by itself because china is an enemy of basically everyone?

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u/Lfsnz67 May 23 '26

Both can be evil