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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Madeline Link

Your TikTok feed might know you're queer before you do, uni study finds

Social media algorithms are revealing users' sexual orientation or gender identity before some of them know themselves, according to research out of the University of Newcastle.

A new study has coined the term 'algorithmic outing', which is when platforms such as TikTok or Instagram glean and surface a user's queer identity through personalised content and recommendations based on videos they like, creators they follow or posts they might have lingered on.

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