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TikTok’s algorithm systematically skewed to the right during the 2024 US elections

Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01314-0An audit of TikTok’s recommendation algorithm using hundreds of automated ‘bot’ accounts during the 2024 US presidential election finds that the ‘For You’ feed of the...

May 07, 2026

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