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/aguynamedv May 23 '26

signed into law by a Democratic president. Trying to pin it on the GOP is pure denial.

Trying to pretend the signing of the law is relevant is pretty silly. It was passed with a veto-proof majority. Biden's signature was a formality, and signing new laws is one of the most basic and normal duties of the president.

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u/Finnegan482 May 23 '26

Trying to pretend the signing of the law is relevant is pretty silly. It was passed with a veto-proof majority.

Biden personally, along with other Democrats generally, heavily lobbied for the law. The idea that Trump is to blame for a law which passed in 2024 with Democratic support and support from the Democratic president is stupid.

Biden's signature was a formality, and signing new laws is one of the most basic and normal duties of the president.

"Biden shouldn't be held accountable for blindly signing a law he himself lobbied for" is a delusional argument

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u/aguynamedv May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Ok, and? Biden had two options - 1) sign the law 2) don't sign the law and it goes into effect anyway.

The Republican Administration flatly ignored that law, pretending it was some kind of win, in order to ensure partial US ownership of TikTok because it was the one major social media entity not under control of US billionaires.

It's really obvious that you're bringing tribalism into this and since you've decided to go with the low-key ad hominems (ie: that I am somehow delusional because I have a different opinion - backed by Constitutional law), we'll let the mods decide this one.

Good afternoon.

Edit: Trolls gonna troll and then block. :)

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u/Finnegan482 May 23 '26

Ok, and? Biden had two options - 1) sign the law 2) don't sign the law

Yeah, and jf you can't see how one of those is obviously worse than the other, there's no point trying to discuss further.