A colleague of mine gave me this helpful answer, I hope it helps others:
“To answer definitively, I would need to see a bit more code. Nonetheless, WordPress does override $_REQUEST, so depending on where this code is placed, it may be overwritten. So assuming that the parameter is being passed in the URL, I would try:
if( !isset($_GET['sorting'])) { $_GET['sorting'] = "views"; }
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