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TikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germany | Alternative for Germany-related content returned when searching for other parties.
Alternative for Germany-related content returned when searching for other parties.
TikTok helped promote to young voters ahead of last month’s EU elections, even when they were searching the app for other political parties or politicians, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED. TikTok, which was provided with a copy of the final report ahead of publication, didn’t dispute the research findings but said that it has, in the past, made some accounts linked to the AfD ineligible for search recommendations as a result of content violations. “TikTok's built-in features such as the ‘Others Searched For’ suggestions provides a poorly moderated space where the far-right, especially the AfD, is able to take advantage,” Miazia Schüler, a researcher with AI Forensics, tells WIRED.
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