The popular social media platform TikTok denies allegations from a tech insider that its algorithm is boosting the campaign of socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani while undermining one of his opponents.Mamdani surprised many when he won the Democratic primary in the mayoral race and defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came in second. Cuomo is currently running as an independent. Cuomo attacked Mamdani during two debates for his inexperience and extremism, but polls show Mamdani remains popular among NYC voters.Dodeles said that within politics, two terms stood out for nonorganic excessive publicity: Mamdani and Cuomo.On Wednesday, Tel Aviv-based software engineer and tech founder Yehonatan Dodeles posted a report at Medium claiming that TikTok was pushing users to the Mamdani camp."TikTok’s algorithm is distorting the playing field in New York City’s mayoral race," Dodeles wrote. "Our early analysis suggests that content favoring Zohran Mamdani is being amplified, while videos supporting Andrew Cuomo are being suppressed, a pattern that could meaningfully influence public perception and voter behavior."The analysis was based on a computer model that compared how many times some content was boosted as compared to the user-engagement levels. Dodeles said that within politics, two terms stood out for nonorganic excessive publicity: Mamdani and Cuomo.The analysis estimated that anti-Cuomo content received 54% excessive publicity, while that seen as pro-Mamdani received 3% excessive publicity when normalized against the baseline for politics.Ironically, pro-Cuomo content had exactly the same excessive publicity rating as anti-Mamdani content: -22%Dodeles went on to say that the analysis took into account the natural popularity that the topics have among the platform users.TikTok released a statement vehemently denying the report."This is nothing more than a deliberate attempt to push a political objective through a bogus study that is not based on any form of reality," read the statement. "The story falls well short of basic journalistic standards."RELATED: Cuomo crushes Mamdani on his inexperience in final mayoral debate: 'You’ve never accomplished anything!' TikTok has been previously criticized for allegedly orchestrating its algorithm to damage American society while precluding the same content in China.Steve Baker, investigative journalist for Blaze News, cited his recent report documenting SIM farms used by China to destabilize U.S. society to provide support for the accusations. "Our sources tell us that the Chinese control TikTok directly through native onboard bots that cannot be detected whatsoever," wrote Baker. "Of course the Chinese are brainwashing people to vote for Mamdani. No candidate for NYC mayor would harm America more than Mamdani." The platform has also been accused of favoring anti-Israel content while suppressing that which defends the nation amid the conflict with the Hamas terror group.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A political advertisement satirically portraying criminals who support the policies of Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was pulled by the Cuomo campaign.The ad was posted by the campaign on Wednesday evening just as the last mayoral debate was ending, but then it was quickly taken down, according to the New York Times.'When a woman's being domestically abused, she finally won't have to deal with some pesky cop to arrest the abuser but now a social worker to help, you know, kumbaya the situation!'Rich Azzopardi, a spokesperson for the Cuomo campaign, told the Times that it was posted "in error" and was not "done yet."Copies of the two-minute video generated by artificial intelligence have since gone viral on social media. One post with the video garnered more than 2.5 million views.The video shows criminals happily endorsing Mamdani and expressing support for his policies that go easy on criminals. They include a domestic abuser, a pimp, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver.Common Cause New York described the ad as "offensive and a shocking attempt at fear-mongering." The group added that it might be in violation of state election law for failing to identify itself as being generated by AI."With plans to decriminalize all drugs, Mamdani will be a job creator for drug dealers!" says one character in the ad."Instead of helping us homeless get off the streets and into the mental health facilities we need, he wants to give us safe injection sites to do crack and let us sleep in subway cars!" says a character resembling a homeless man."When a woman's being domestically abused, she finally won't have to deal with some pesky cop to arrest the abuser but now a social worker to help, you know, kumbaya the situation!" says a heavyset male character in a wifebeater undershirt."Who cares if legalizing prostitution statistically leads to an increase for sex trafficking of women and young girls by 70%?" a black pimp character says."You can't have safety without equality!" says a white woman who drunkenly stumbles out of her car after a crash."I'm a criminal for Zohran Mamdani!" they proclaim.RELATED: Cuomo crushes Mamdani on his inexperience in final mayoral debate: 'You’ve never accomplished anything!' The ad was widely praised by some on social media, especially from those on the right."Probably the most honest political ad of the season," one response reads. "Truth in advertising. I love this ad. I could watch it on a loop," another user said."Hahahahaha. This is by far the only good thing to come from @andrewcuomo ever," another account replied.On the other hand, others called it "racist and hateful."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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