12 Tips for Christmas #8: TikTok and algorithms - Alexandra Evans

One of our first ever episodes of Interface was with Alexandra Evans - the (now former) Director of Safety Public Policy at TikTok Europe.

TikTok is driven by a powerful algorithm, to push users to content it thinks they want to see, based on their past online activity.

It can be fun and exploratory - but it can also lead to concerns, especially if it's not properly understood.

Listen to the full episode with Alexandra here.

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