"Bots trained on pro-Republican content viewed about 11.5% more content that agreed with their views compared to their pro-Democrat counterparts. That imbalance held for exposure to opposing views, too."
"Democratic accounts were shown significantly more anti-Democratic content than Republican accounts were shown anti-Republican content, said the researchers."
A study found that TikTok's algorithm systematically prioritized pro-Republican content leading up to the 2024 US elections. Researchers created dummy accounts to mimic user behavior and tracked video recommendations on TikTok's For You pages. The study revealed that bots trained on pro-Republican content viewed 11.5% more aligned content than their pro-Democratic counterparts. Additionally, pro-Democratic bots were 7.5% more likely to encounter pro-Republican content. The research involved 323 accounts over 27 weeks, analyzing over 280,000 videos, highlighting significant biases in content exposure.
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