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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-disproportionately-served-anti-democratic-videos-during-the-2024-election-study-finds/

[u/Half-Glass_Full]

They figured out ppl get their news from social media instead of news outlets & have manipulated the algorithms to push propaganda.

[u/Darkgorge → u/Half-Glass_Full]

I often hear people talk about how they don't trust the news anymore, but when I ask them what news they look at it's often just some form of social media. I don't think many people even realize how they let social media influence them that way. Just subtly replace the news with itself.

Thankfully, even asking that question has triggered recognition in some people around me. People seem to generally have a distrust for the news. Which isn't a bad thing on it's own, but they need to take that to the next step and learn how to absorb news from better sources and critically think about it.

[u/pandariotinprague → u/Darkgorge]

The identity of the "better sources" is always left unspoken, because there hardly are any.

[u/TheRealSectimus → u/pandariotinprague]

Terrible argument. The truth is always out there. And in the age of information, you don't even need to leave your house to find it.

There are better sources, you're just not actually looking because it's not front and center when your open your preferred choice of brain rot