TikTok users are calling for more visibility for creators of color on the platform.
The app’s For You Page, a never ending queue of trending content, displays videos based on content the user has already engaged with. Nobody outside of TikTok itself knows how the algorithm works, and TikTok declined to comment on it for Mashable, but some users claim that the app’s most popular faces are overwhelmingly white. Tired of not seeing people who look like them while scrolling through the app, the users are raising awareness for better representation.
Larry Hudson III, a 20-year-old TikTok user, created an audio clip calling for better representation in the app’s trending page. Through the in-app editing feature, users can use audio uploaded by other users to make their own videos. Read more…
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