Summary
A new study from Rutgers University’s Network Contagion Research Institute claims TikTok’s algorithm limits anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) content compared to platforms like Instagram and YouTube, despite higher user engagement with such posts.
The study also suggests TikTok users express more favorable views of China after prolonged use.
TikTok criticized the findings as flawed due to the use of simulated accounts.
The study precedes a Supreme Court hearing on whether the U.S. can ban TikTok, amid national security concerns tied to its Chinese ownership and potential CCP influence.
It’s not a compelling argument but there’s an argument to be made that even just having more propaganda sources in the mix (as opposed to only American propaganda) is healthier than not.
Homogenizing and normalizing only American propaganda globally is kinda the status quo