Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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First broadcast September 21st, 2023.

Link up culture, conspiracy theorists and wannabe crime detectives have all found a home on TikTok's FYP. I went to find out how the algorithm is encouraging people to behave in ways they might not otherwise.

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