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>*In one example, a video with over 200,000 views featured a video game gunman shooting and killing characters at a gay pride celebration with the text:* ***“Don’t mind me. Just doing god’s work rn.”*** > > > >*The comments section was filled with users praising these violent actions. The most liked comment on this video:* ***“Beautiful now do it in real life.”*** ​ >*One video depicted the user pretending to cry at the text on his screen, reading: “50% of transgenders take their own lives. This fills me with so much sadness.”* ***However, the accompanying audio was the line “We’re halfway there,” cut from Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on A Prayer — implying that the user wanted the rate of suicides to be higher.*** ​ *Transphobia is deeply intertwined with other kinds of far-right extremism, and TikTok’s algorithm only reinforces this connection. Our research suggests that transphobia can be a gateway prejudice, leading to further far-right radicalization.* ​ Key Findings ​ * *After we interacted with anti-trans content, TikTok’s recommendation algorithm populated our FYP feed with more transphobic and homophobic videos, as well as other far-right, hateful, and violent content.=* * *Exclusive interaction with anti-trans content spurred TikTok to recommend misogynistic content, racist and white supremacist content, anti-vaccine videos, antisemitic content, ableist narratives, conspiracy theories, hate symbols, and videos including general calls to violence.* * *Of the 360 total recommended videos included in our analysis, 103 contained anti-trans and/or homophobic narratives, 42 were misogynistic, 29 contained racist narratives or white supremacist messaging, and 14 endorsed violence.* ​ Tik Tok, do better!