TikTok将开始推出新功能
TikTok表示，从那里，你可以更多地了解某个特定视频被推荐给你的一些原因。其中一些原因包括:“用户互动”，指的是你在应用程序上观看、点赞或分享的内容，以及你发布的评论和你搜索过的东西;“您关注的账号或为您推荐的账号”、“您所在地区最近发布的内容”或“您所在地区的热门内容”。
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与其他社交网络一样，TikTok依靠算法为用户呈现个性化内容，希望让他们保持沉浸感，并尽可能长时间地滚动。但这些算法都是典型的黑盒。
新功能没有真正揭开黑匣子的神秘面纱，而是提供了影响算法推荐的特定活动或账户的更细粒度细节。但TikTok表示，它计划在未来建立这一功能，提供更多细节。该公司在一篇博客文章中表示:“展望未来，我们将继续扩展这一功能，为内容推荐带来更大的粒度和透明度。”华东CIO大会、华东CIO联盟、CDLC中国数字化灯塔大会、CXO数字化研学之旅、数字化江湖-讲武堂，数字化江湖-大侠传、数字化江湖-论剑、CXO系列管理论坛（陆家嘴CXO管理论坛、宁波东钱湖CXO管理论坛等）、数字化转型网，走进灯塔工厂系列、ECIO大会等
为了缓解人们的担忧，TikTok近年来发布了许多公告，包括帮助用户定制内容推荐的发布工具，推出家长控制功能，让用户有更多选择来限制孩子在应用上看到的内容，并承诺为研究人员提供与内容审核系统相关的更高透明度。
我们都知道海外的TikTok基本上就是国内的抖音，抖音也是根据算法向用户推荐视频，有一种说法就是，抖音会不断向用户推荐用户所喜爱的视频内容。如果抖音和TikTok一样，也将推出这样的新功能，那么我们就会更加详细的了解到自己所刷到的视频的缘由是什么。
原文：
TikTok announced on Tuesday it is becoming more transparent by introducing a new feature that will tell users why its algorithm recommends certain videos in their feeds. The change is being rolled out in users’ For You feed and will include a question mark icon titled “Why this video” for users to review.
A TikTok spokesperson confirmed the feature can be accessed starting today and the icon will list why the video was selected, including examples of previous interactions, accounts the user follows, content the user has posted recently, or content that has become popular in the user’s region.
“Looking ahead, we’ll continue to expand this feature to bring more granularity and transparency to content recommendations,” TikTok said in a news release.
However, despite TikTok’s assurances it values transparency, the app has been banned from government devices in some states and it is going through a national security review with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
The renewed transparency comes as social media platforms have faced considerable scrutiny in recent weeks over the type of content young users are being directed to that can lead them toward harmful content surrounding suicide and eating disorders.
An investigation by the Wall Street Journal last year found that one of the ways TikTok’s algorithms suggested content to users was how long the person lingered over the video, even if they didn’t interact with it.
Lawmakers have gone so far as to introduce a bill led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S.
In a press release last week, Rubio accused TikTok of collecting user’s data to “manipulate feeds” and accused the app of being a “CCP [Chinese Communist Party]-puppet company,” and Gallagher went so far as to call TikTok “digital fentanyl that’s addicting Americans, collecting troves of their data, and censoring their news.”
“This feature is one of many ways we’re working to bring meaningful transparency to the people who use our platform and builds on a number of steps we’ve taken towards that goal.”
The new algorithm feature is one of several announcements the tech company has made to seemingly ease growing concerns about the app and the company behind it. The company has added tools for users to customize the content recommendations, parental controls to restrict the content children see on the app, and it has pledged to be more transparent with its content moderation systems.
“At TikTok, we want people to feel empowered creating, connecting, and engaging on our platform,” the company wrote in the news release. “ That’s why we equip creators and viewers with a range of features, tools, and resources so they can stay in control of their experience. Today we’re adding to that toolbox with a feature that helps bring more context to content recommended in For You feeds.”