A study by the Network Contagion Research Institute or NCRI in collaboration with Rutgers University suggests that ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok’s algorithm promotes content favoring the Chinese government. What Happened: Building on the December 2023 finding, the study found “compelling and strong circumstantial evidence” that TikTok content is manipulated by the Chinese government. However, the authors admitted that the findings are “not definitive proof of state orchestration.” It also found that TikTok’s algorithm promotes pro-Chinese Communist Party or CCP content while sup…
