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Politics of Algorithms

When former U.S. President Donald Trump was asked in the United Kingdom whether a takeover of TikTok might include changing its algorithm, he did not dismiss the possibility. He said plainly that ...
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TikTok sale puts app's algorithm in the spotlight

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors following Trump's ...

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

There are two layers to the TikTok algorithm. First, there is the abstract layer that defines the outcome developers wish to accomplish. An internal document shared with The New York Times specified ...