TikTokers have been proudly flaunting their membership to “Group 7,” an exclusive club dictated by the mysterious whims of the algorithm. Despite the numerical similarity, Group 7 has nothing to do ...

If you’re on TikTok, there’s a chance your algorithm has recently served you videos about being in “group seven” — and you’re not alone if you have no idea what’s going on. Earlier this week, ...

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An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...

TikTok’s closely guarded recommendation algorithm is back in the spotlight after its Chinese parent ByteDance signed binding agreements to create a joint venture that would place operational control ...

A central question to TikTok’s potential shutdown saga has been whether the popular social video platform would keep its algorithm — the secret sauce that powers its addictive video feed — after it’s ...

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...

Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, after internal research into their ...