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Re:Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after s... by SilverElfin on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:31AM (#46778080)
Data? No. None of these companies are making their data freely available for analysis or being transparent about how their algorithms work. People have complained for a while that Twitter / X seems to suppress the visibility and reach of profiles or posts that disagree with Musk’s views. The recent open sourcing of their algorithm is meaningless since there’s no evidence of what they actually have in production or what data / configuration is used with it.

So the best we can do is anecdotal examples. And it’s also obvious that Trump avoided banning TikTok for months, illegally, because he wanted to have another platform serve as a mouthpiece. He now has that by forcing a sale of TikTok to his friend, Larry Ellison.

Re:Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after s... by ethbr1 on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @07:42AM (#46779231)
The fact that social media companies aren't mandated by law to provide transparency into reach / visibility is a travesty.

It should be fucking table stakes for being able to run a business with that much power and influence.