“It’s kind of ironic, but prison TikTok is one of the most positive places on the app.” Formerly incarcerated people are using TikTok to reshape what the world thinks about life behind bars. Column by keribla, published in partnership with MarshallProj.
It’s just another example in the digital world of underrepresentation of people of color,” Lacey told me. “I know that there’s people on TikTok that are in the same lane that I am. But when it comes to Black creators, you almost have to go consciously try to find them — they don’t pop up on your For Your Page.”, an assistant professor who studies tech ethics at the University of Colorado Boulder, wasn’t surprised to hear Lacey’s observation.
“There are a ton of confounding factors about who is on TikTok and who is not and even who has been released from prison and who has not,” she said. “But there certainly has been a lot of conversation over the past couple of years about the potential for racism in the TikTok algorithm.” After all, since the point is to predict which videos users will like, algorithms can reflect the biases of their human users and creators, as well.“Black Lives Matter" posts and vowed to promote more diversity on the platform. A representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this column.
As Morgan and I kept talking through the ups and downs of the platform, she pondered the benefits of being able to share lived experience behind bars with thousands of followers — and then offered a different suggestion as to why the platform might have fewer Black creators posting about post-prison life.
“There might just be fewer content creators of color because they can’t afford the stigma of being a felon,” she said. “I was able to build a whole professional career on the fact that I have been to prison, and I have to recognize that there is an element of privilege in that.”
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