⏰On the 19th of February, the European Commission opened formal proceedings against TikTok. In our new blog post “Tik-Tok, DSA O'Clock? Unveiling TikTok's Ad Library Capabilities and Constraints” we offer insights on the ad library and its limitations: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2024/Ti...

📯Auditing TikTok: Methodological reflections on the RSBA process.
Overview of first findings and methodological decisions of our journey auditing TikTok (@altreflexion.bsky.social & @mrtn3000)
➡️https://tiktok-audit.com/blog/2024/TikTok-RSBA-Step1/

🛍️“Shop Till You Drop...”
Wrote a short blog post on how Temu´s exploitation of TikTok´s affordances creates an abyss of consumer protection ⬇️
tiktok-audit.com/blog/2024/te...

Interested in analysing and evaluating Recommender Systems of Social Media Platforms? 📈🔍
We are looking for a new student assistant based in Germany. Unique opportunity to work with my fantastic colleagues @altreflexion.bsky.social & @mrtn3000. Feel free to share!
www.stiftung-nv.de/en/news/job-...

"TikTok´s Research API falls woefully short"
My colleagues Santiago, Martin & @altreflexion.bsky.social compared TikTok´s research API with data they were able to scrape.
More details: tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/th...

While TikTok brags about not having political ads on the platform, it drags users into one of the most violent, controversial and complicated political conflicts of our times by suggesting to search for these topics and not providing any context or help. tiktok-audit.com/blog/2023/Is...

who are the:
1) regulators
2) investigative journalists
3) consulting agencies
4) law firms
5) civil society groups
6) big tech corp audit reports
that are doing algorithmic (broadly defined) audits?

want to make sure our list is as inclusive as possible. hit me up

pls repost

Hi there ✨