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Whistleblowers Allege Meta and TikTok Prioritized Engagement Over Harmful Content
Whistleblowers allege that Meta and TikTok intentionally allowed harmful content to proliferate on user feeds, knowing their algorithms were designed to drive engagement through outrage, risking user safety for profit, according to new reports.
16 Mar, 06:10 — 17 Mar, 04:33
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BBCHigh148d ago
Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers
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 BBC.
By Abubakar Ibrahim
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First report: BBC · 16 Mar, 06:10|Full coverage: 2 · 22h|Window: 22h
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