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TikTok's "Suggested Accounts" Algorithm Allegedly Reinforced Racial Bias through Feedback Loops
TikTok's "Suggested Accounts" recommendations allegedly reinforced racial bias despite not basing recommendations on race or creators' profile photo.
- Date it happened
- 2020-02-24
- Organisation involved
- TikTok
- Product, system or model
- Tiktok claims that its follow suggestion recommender algorithm is based on the similarity of the content between accounts and the followings of people who follow the original account. Faddoul noted th
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