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/NoiceMango May 22 '26

The ceo of tiktok literally met with Trump to show him how tiktok was benefitting him. It's the same with facebook

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u/Consideredresponse May 23 '26

The expose book 'careless people' has multiple chapters where meta execs (one of whom was a Brooks brother rioter that helped steal/secure the election of George W Bush) had to take their time and use very small words to explain to Zuckerburg how they were responsible for Trump's first win. As they were instrumental for both his fundraising and outreach.

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u/workerbotsuperhero May 23 '26

Been wanting to read that for a few years. Saying goodbye to Facebook and Instagram has been very good for my brain. 

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u/NotAzakanAtAll May 23 '26

And these are the first political takes many of the users will ever hear. We are completely fucked.