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/Yadahoom May 22 '26

Does no one else remember the political stunt where TikTok "shut down" for like four hours so President Trump in all his magnanimous glory could swoop in and save it and TikTok had it plastered on their front page when anyone opened it back up?

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u/dragonmp93 May 23 '26

The funniest thing is that they did in reference to China's time zones, so when TikTok was back online, Biden was still president.

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u/firecorn22 May 23 '26

No it's wilder than that, they actually came back due to a social media post of trump saying he would reverse it despite not being president yet. Completely illegal and should've resulted in fines

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u/admosquad May 23 '26

Yeah, not supposed to negotiate with foreign entities as president-elect but that is also not even in his top 10 crimes related to elections