I was curious what a TikTok user might see if they made a fresh account. I provided no preferred content categories, and did not interact with any video in any way except the skip them.
In my first fifteen minutes, I received:
9 manosphere “inspiration” videos
The official accounts of Tucker Carlson and Vivek
2 clips from each Fox News, and tabloids New York Post and Metro
1 “America first” rando
1 Copaganda vid of “cool” new police robots
Elon’s nazi salute without context or commentary
@Haste I had much the same experience browsing YouTube anonymously in a private window. It's lots of propaganda from the local Nazi party and manosphere garbage.
@zomgwtfbbqkewl Ah, I’ve never even tried YouTube, good idea