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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tim Davie has been BBC director-general since 2020 - Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Tim Davie will warn that “British storytelling” is ...

“British storytelling is at growing risk of being squeezed out in an extraordinarily competitive global media landscape,” the BBC Director General will warn in a landmark speech tomorrow that will set ...

Tim Davie also doubles down on his criticism of global social media players for causing “polarization and social division.” By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The chief of the U.K. public ...

Social media giants including Meta and TikTok recently enabled harmful content on their platforms, aiming to outdo rivals and ...

Former TikTok staffers linked the platform to dangerous behaviour in interviews with the BBC. The network cited four cases, including obsession with true crime, school vandalism, and riots. The ...

Opinion The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin. His job: helming one of the world's most famous and oldest international media brands, one with a vast ...

Whistleblowers told BBC that Meta and TikTok and Meta prioritised user engagement over safety, allowing harmful content on ...

Whistleblowers have accused TikTok and Meta of risking user safety to win the battle for engagement, according to a BBC ...