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Investigation: TikTok's Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires

Investigation: How TikTok’s Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires

The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts that watched hundreds of thousands of videos to reveal how the social network knows you so well

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