Study Finds a Correlation Between TikTok Use and Favorable Views of Communist China’s Human Rights Record

Researchers say there is a ‘distinct possibility that TikTok is a vehicle for CCP propaganda.’

AP/Damian Dovarganes
A TikTok sign is displayed on their building at Culver City, California. AP/Damian Dovarganes

As TikTok fights to keep operating in America, a peer-reviewed study says the popular social media platform tends to make its users view Communist China’s human rights record more favorably.

The Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University released a study into how TikTok “may be manipulated to conceal content critical of China while amplifying narratives that align with Chinese Communist Party objectives.”

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