Cameron Moy

Hi! I'm Cameron Moy! I'm a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. I study marginalized people’s online experiences through mixed methods and interdisciplinary research grounded in frameworks of critical data studies, algorithmic & design justice, and racial & platform capitalism. I have published and presented on topics of race, visibility, surveillance, and digital platforms, and selected ongoing projects and collaborations include measuring a changing algorithm amid TikTok’s ownership change; the visibility of marginalized people on a "generic" TikTok For You Page; the role of TikTok narratives in marginalized high schoolers’ post-secondary planning; and neurodivergent young adults’ experiences with social AI chatbots.

Recent News...

📄 [11/3/2026] New Preprint (under review at social science journal) out: "The Political Reach of Non-Political TikTok Accounts" [Check it out!]

📰 [10/14/26] Blog post from my internship at the Center for Democracy and Technology was published (with direct responses from TikTok and Snapchat). Check out "Altering the Algorithm" [Here]

🧑🏻‍🏫 [10/9/26] Selected to present my solo authored work "From Recognition to Recommendation: Visibility of Marginalized Identity on TikTok’s Generic For You Page" at the 2027 Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication

📄 [8/10/26] New Preprint (accepted to ICWSM 2027) out: "Whichtok? Comparing Three TikTok Data Acquisition Tools"[Check it out!]