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Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.

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Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers

Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, after internal research into their algorithms showed how outrage fuelled engagement, whistleblowers told the BB

bbc.com•March 16, 2026