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

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