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

War propaganda is now built for the algorithm. In a social media war, engagement matters more than belief—and journalism is caught in the middle.

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...