TikTok’s algorithm amplified videos glorifying war and weapons to users in the Netherlands during a NATO summit this summer – even when they searched for neutral terms, according to a new investigation.
European non-profit AI Forensics used 12 TikTok accounts based in the Netherlands to compare the suggestions on the app’s For You Page (FYP) against search results before and after the June NATO summit meeting in the Hague, which focused on boosting defence spending by allied countries.
