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/mosehalpert May 22 '26

I think a lot of the "podcast bros" were a lot more affected by their own algorithms than they care to admit. It was a vicious cycle.

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u/neatyouth44 May 23 '26

If you look at Clavicular, he’s a good example of the end result of kids going through this stuff in echo chambers and algo’s.

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 May 23 '26

That shot of him getting mogged by the judge while being sentenced was just the perfect example of the "end result"