Study: TikTok Algorithm Boosts Pro-Chinese Communist Party Content
- A study found TikTok’s algorithm promotes pro-Chinese Communist Party content while suppressing critical videos, including those about the treatment of Uyghur people.
- Much of the pro-CCP content is linked to state-supported accounts, including influencers and official media.
- The study urges federal government regulation, stating that the CCP uses algorithmic manipulation to successfully influence user beliefs on TikTok.
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TikTok Stacking Algorithms in Chinese Government’s Favor, Study Claims
The report from the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University heightens concerns about how Beijing influences content on one of the most popular social media platforms with Americans under 30.
TikTok's Pro-China Content Strategy Exposed in NCRI Report
A recent study by the Network Contagion Research Institute suggests that TikTok's algorithms favor pro-China content while suppressing critical narratives. This manipulation appears to influence user attitudes, particularly in the U.S., aligning them more closely with the Chinese Communist Party's perspectives.
TikTok Shows Less ‘Anti-China’ Content Than Rivals, Study Finds
Videos condemning or negatively depicting China’s human rights abuses are more difficult to find on TikTok than other rival networks, a new study finds, suggesting that US users may be getting an incomplete picture of the country’s history when searching for key terms or phrases.
TikTok Algorithm Boosts Pro-Chinese Communist Party Content, Suppresses Criticism, According To New Study: Company Fires Back, Calls It 'Fiction'
A study by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University suggests that TikTok's algorithm favors content promoting the Chinese government while suppressing critical views, though definitive proof of state orchestration was not established.
Study: TikTok Stacks Algorithm in Communist China's Favor
According to a study by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) of Rutgers University, TikTok's algorithm promotes content favorable to the Chinese Communist Party and suppresses content that is critical of the CCP.
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