What TikTok’s U.S. Spin-off Means for Its Algorithm and Content Moderation
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation for figuring out what people want to watch. Those powers aren’t actually magical, but they do matter. An algorithm as widely used as TikTok’s can have a huge … Read more