There's his trend on social media of using code words for different topics so you can trick the algorithm from categorizing your content in a certain way. What do you think? Is this a form of censorship?  Or...are algorithm categorizations a way of protecting users from seeing too much violent or aggressive content? Well, whatever side of the debate you fall on, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/1255376135/code-switch-self-censorship-tiktok-07-09-2025"target="_blank" >Code Switch</a>'s <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1114056142/b-a-parker"target="_blank" >B.A. Parker</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/182264497/gene-demby"target="_blank" >Gene Demby</a> are going to show you how this so-called ALGO-speak or algorithm-speak shapes your beliefs in conscious and unconscious ways. You can listen to more episodes of NPR's Code Switch <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch"target="_blank" >here</a>. Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pod-club"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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