tiktok algorithm

• California is tackling addictive social media feeds at the state level
• Want a new For You Page? TikTok lets users adjust the topics that show up in recommendations.

  TikTok has unveiled new sliders that allow users to adjust the frequency with which certain topics show up in algorithmic recommendations.

  
• Is TikTok pushing young voters towards the far-right?

  A new report in the European Union suggests that TikTok's algorithm pushed young voters to the right-wing party Alternative for Germany.

  
• A report claims TikTok is separating its U.S. code. The app denies it.

  TikTok has reportedly begun to separate its code so that it can be split between the U.S. and the Chinese TikTok equivalent Douyin.

  
• Is the TikTok algorithm like a bag of chips? The “Dorito theory” is going viral.
• The E.U. is getting a depersonalized TikTok algorithm. The rest of the world wants it as well.
• What’s in a feed? TikTok has revealed some of the factors its recommendation algorithm weighs.