TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election

throwawayffffas•about 3 hours ago

1. Anti-Democrat as in against the Democrat party.

clipsy•about 2 hours ago

The party is named the "Democratic Party," not the "Democrat Party."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_State...

throwawayffffas•8 minutes ago

Sure but Anti-Democratic can mean against the party or against democracy. Anti-Democrat while technically incorrect is clearer.

tristanj•about 1 hour ago

The epithet 'Democrat Party' has been used for over a hundred years to refer to the Democratic Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

The slur stems from how the Democratic Party campaigns on democratic principles and helping the people, but when in elected they end up not delivering and instead protecting donors & corporate interests. They also do not act democratic. The Democratic Party rigged the 2016 primary so Bernie Sanders would lose to Hillary Clinton. Then in 2020 they rigged the primary again so Joe Biden would win against Bernie Sanders. Then in 2024, they rigged it again so Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee without winning the primary. All of this was done to protect donor & corporate interests.

The Republican party is the same, there's nothing republican about them.

chomp•about 1 hour ago

I mean, it’s ran by Larry Ellison and the Saudis, so I don’t think this is surprising. But good research nonetheless.

throwawayffffas•7 minutes ago

Wasn't it run by the Chinese back then?

CaptainNegative•about 1 hour ago

Does he also run a time machine? He bought TikTok only earlier this year.

someotherperson•about 1 hour ago

Worth mentioning that Oracle has been hosting US TikTok data since 2022.

outside1234•about 1 hour ago

I mean I think we can expect that from the then Chinese and now Billionaires that own it

blindriver•about 1 hour ago

Given the fact that the Republicans won, doesn't that actually make sense? More people consumed the pro-Republican content because they intended to vote Republican.

giarc•about 1 hour ago

It's probably a bit more nuanced then that. You have to look at the people that use Tiktok... are they generally more left or right? I don't know the answer. I would have said they are younger and therefore more left leaning, however, I think that's becoming less and less true.

hallole•about 1 hour ago

Good point, but the article does say

> "ideological imbalance occurs regardless of a user’s initial political interests"

But yeah, even in the absence of any kind of algorithmic bias, I'd still expect there to be an imbalance for the reason that you point out.

krapp•about 1 hour ago

If it were the other way around people would be accusing the CCP of trying to rig the election for the Democrats, but sure. When it helps the Republicans I guess there's nothing to see here.

TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election

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