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TECH TikTok algorithm mystery: What we know, and don’t know, about the Chinese government's control of the app Experts warn TikTok algorithm likely being manipulated to fit Chinese Communist ...
Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss TikTok. Next we’ll ask, “The WNBA has just concluded its 28th season, yet it still hasn’t achieved profitability. What strategies could ...
Beyond the dances and skits there's a darker side to TikTok. The app's algorithm is exposing users to dangerous content while controlling which people and political movements get attention.
The FYP algorithm is TikTok’s secret sauce, and a big part of what makes it so accurate is ByteDance’s global reach. Every swipe, tap and video viewed by TikTok users around the world ...
TikTok’s algorithm is flooding teens with extremist content, including videos explicitly promoting suicide and violence, according to new research by corporate accountability group Ekō.
If ByteDance is actually forced to sell TikTok, it might not include the app's algorithm. But that might not be a huge issue for a new owner. For You-page recommendations could be recreated ...
Many of TikTok’s algorithm influences will be familiar; similar features are offered by other social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube upon setting up a new account.
TikTok's algorithm is a system that decides what content will be displayed on each user’s For You Page—it's a recommendation system for each user, in other words.
But my TikTok-fueled bisexual awakening might actually speak less to the omnipotence of the app's algorithm, and more to how heteronormativity is truly one helluva drug.
Donald Trump teased over the weekend that a buyer had been found for the social media company that would allow TikTok to ...