ISD identified and collected a sample of 104 TikTok videos The average number of comments in the dataset was 1.6K about migrants and refugees that contained content and the median amount was 176. [...] hate in the sample included conflation of Chinese migrants with communism and threats of China “invading” the The average number of views was 438.6K and the median United States. [...] The TikTok videos in the dataset received an average of 19.2K likes and a median of 915 ISD also assessed the sample to determine which of likes. [...] Language about an “invasion” of migrants was used in the captions of 16 (15.4%) of the videos in this dataset, positioning all migrants as a hostile group posing a danger to the United States and its residents. [...] “rapists,” “savages,” “thieves,” “terrorists,” and “very Often, the beginning of the conversation between the dangerous” are used by some commenters to describe creator and migrant was omitted from the video, so it was migrants and refugees in general, and in some cases to not clear what question, if any, was actually asked.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction 3
- The United States has the worlds largest immigrant 3
- Key Findings 4
- Anti-migrant and -refugee content is not being moderated 4
- ISD observed the promotion of violence via comments on 4
- TikTok videos in 32 instances 4
- ISD found that TikTok actively recommended search terms 4
- ISD observed a difference in how content about migrants 4
- . ISD found that TikTok suggested hostile search terms when searching with the word migrants while search terms recommended alongside 4
- Much of the content in our dataset claimed that migrants and refugees are military-aged men entering the United States as an invading army of sleeper cells. 5
- Many videos and comments used degrading language to refer to migrants and refugees to the US 5
- ISD encountered videos in which personally identifiable information PII about migrants was publicized seem- ingly without their consent 5
- ISDs sample included TikTok videos containing hate 6
- ISD also assessed the sample to determine which of 6
- Data Analysis 6
- A majority of videos in ISDs dataset of TikTok videos containing migrant-related content were concerned 8
- This videos caption also includes demons invade 8
- In addition to explicit calls for violence some users 10
- Middle East. These kinds of videos differ from news 11
- Platform Features and TikTok Failures 12
- Table 4 below presents suggested search terms for for migrant and refugee the suggested searches to tackling refugee-related content on its platform potentially by downranking or otherwise controlling 13
- When the phrase military aged men was entered in 13
- TikTok also suggested search terms within individual videos. Videos featuring hateful content sometimes directed viewers towards potentially hateful content. 14
- I Got 5 On It to associate footage of migrants with danger. This could further influence hostile feelings 14
- Conclusion 15
