LLMMedium
TikTok's "For You" Algorithm Directed New Users towards Disinformation about the War in Ukraine
- Occurred
- Mar 1, 2022
- Published
- Mar 20, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An investigation by NewsGuard into TikTok’s handling of content related to the Russia-Ukraine war showed its “For You” algorithm pushing new users towards false and misleading content about the war within less than an hour of signing up.
Developers
- TikTok
Deployers
- TikTok
Harmed parties
- TikTok users
- TikTok new users
Classification
Category confidence: 70%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Algorithmic recommendation system failure spreading disinformation, but not a direct LLM generation failure.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8