{"id":15303,"date":"2024-07-26T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/tiktoks-algorithm-is-highly-sensitive-and-could-send-you-down-a-hate-filled-rabbit-hole-before-you-know-it\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:37:24","slug":"tiktoks-algorithm-is-highly-sensitive-and-could-send-you-down-a-hate-filled-rabbit-hole-before-you-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/tiktoks-algorithm-is-highly-sensitive-and-could-send-you-down-a-hate-filled-rabbit-hole-before-you-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok\u2019s algorithm is highly sensitive \u2013 and could send you down a hate-filled rabbit hole before you know it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok\u2019s highly active recommendation system is designed to keep users clicking on videos, even if they contain racist or homophobic content<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s algorithm works in mysterious ways, but a Guardian Australia experiment on a blank account shows how quickly a breaking news event can funnel users down a conservative Christian, anti-immigration rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p>Last week we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/21\/we-unleashed-facebook-and-instagrams-algorithms-on-blank-accounts-they-served-up-sexism-and-misogyny\">reported how Facebook and Instagram\u2019s algorithms<\/a> are luring young men into the Manosphere. This week, we explore what happens when TikTok\u2019s algorithm is unleashed on a blank account in the absence of any interactions such as liking or commenting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/27\/tiktoks-algorithm-is-highly-sensitive-and-could-send-you-down-a-hate-filled-rabbit-hole-before-you-know-it\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2f8ac33fe2deca70b5cdbb09aef179084dc77589\/0_0_2500_1500\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e09b60f4fea1c58a5eea8e1caadc7492\" title=\"TikTok\u2019s algorithm is highly sensitive \u2013 and could send you down a hate-filled rabbit hole before you know it\" \/>TikTok\u2019s highly active recommendation system is designed to keep users clicking on videos, even if they contain racist or homophobic content<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s algorithm works in mysterious ways, but a Guardian Australia experiment on a blank account shows how quickly a breaking news event can funnel users down a conservative Christian, anti-immigration rabbit hole.<br \/>\nLast week we reported how Facebook and Instagram\u2019s algorithms are luring young men into the Manosphere. This week, we explore what happens when TikTok\u2019s algorithm is unleashed on a blank account in the absence of any interactions such as liking or commenting.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok\u2019s highly active recommendation system is designed to keep users clicking on videos, even if they contain racist or homophobic content Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast TikTok\u2019s algorithm works in mysterious ways, but a Guardian Australia experiment on a blank account shows how quickly a breaking news &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/tiktoks-algorithm-is-highly-sensitive-and-could-send-you-down-a-hate-filled-rabbit-hole-before-you-know-it\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok\u2019s algorithm is highly sensitive \u2013 and could send you down a hate-filled rabbit hole before you know it<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15303"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}