TikTok's "For You" Algorithm Directed New Users towards Disinformation about the War in Ukraine
March 1, 2022
An investigation by NewsGuard into TikTok’s handling of content related to the Russia-Ukraine war showed its “For You” algorithm pushing new users towards false and misleading content about the war within less than an hour of signing up.
- Alleged deployer
- tiktok
- Alleged developer
- tiktok
- Alleged harmed parties
- tiktok-users, tiktok-new-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/185
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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