After we interacted with content of five popular right-leaning comedy podcasters, TikTok’s “For You” page recommendation algorithm catapulted our account down a right-wing rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and toxic masculinity content over the span of just a few hours.
  • TikTok’s recommendation algorithm began quickly and progressively populating our For You Page with right-wing conspiracy theories and toxic masculinity content.
  • Of the 425 videos coded, 121 (28%) contained conspiracy theories and 70 (16%) contained toxic masculinity content.
  • Our For You Page also contained content promoting medical misinformation, doomsday prepping, racism, right-wing media, and transphobia.