Tofology
TikTok, Media Matters for America,
Oct 07, 2021
This post on TikTok looks at the TikTok recommendation algorithm and reports some concerning results. It does essentially the same thing YouTube's algorithm does (or did; I'm not sure of YouTube's status at the moment). If you follow one thing that might suggest you can be radicalized (in this case, trans-phobic videos) it will begin to suggest more and more radical things. I think it's good that Abbie Richards is reporting this on TikTok, though the algorithm is probably preventing it from reaching the people who could really benefit from it.
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