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TikTok algorithm continues to push multiple times more far-right content to users ahead of Romanian election
Ahead of second round of Romania’s presidential election, new investigation suggests TikTok is serving more far-right content to new, politically balanced users
The first round of the previous Romanian presidential election was won by far-right populist Calin Georgescu, then annulled due to allegations of campaign fraud and interference. In particular, they said that engaging narrowly on a single topic does not reflect a typical user’s experience and that our interactions with the platform such as skipping posts not related to Romanian politics will have skewed the results. This means that the algorithms that have been designed to boost engaging content can end up unfairly promoting some political views over others, which poses risks to democracy.
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