TikTok, Censorship, & Algospeak
October 13, 2025
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as posted by the channelThere's his trend on social media of using code words for different topics so you can trick the algorithm from categorizing your content in a certain way. What do you think? Is this a form of censorship?
Or...are algorithm categorizations a way of protecting users from seeing too much violent or aggressive content? Well, whatever side of the debate you fall on, Code Switch () 's B.A. Parker () and Gene Demby () are going to show you how this socalled ALGOspeak or algorithmspeak shapes your beliefs in conscious and unconscious ways.
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