How to Get Paid to Polarize on TikTok

Concerns about synthetic media and coordinated manipulation of online platforms have moved from theoretical worry to documented reality. Researchers, regulators, and civil society organizations are working to understand how algorithmically driven content recommendation systems can be exploited — not just by ideologically motivated actors, but by ordinary users pursuing financial gain. Fundación Maldita.es is a Spanish nonprofit that has been working on information integrity and fact-checking sin