Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo chambers.
June 26, 2025 • ~5 min
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo chambers.
A digital media scholar and longtime RedNote user gives a firsthand account of US and Chinese social media users interacting on the app.
Although these activities have been around for decades, there are signs that some are making a comeback.
The involvement of AI in the huge organisational beast that is the Olympics was inevitable, but how exactly is it being used, and what does it mean for the future of the Games?
The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
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