Is TikTok changing our behaviour? - BBC Trending podcast, BBC World Service

TikTok started as an app for posting lip syncs and dance videos, but quickly developed into a platform where users can follow along world events, criminal investigations and social unrest in real time.

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From frenzied speculation over true crime to vandalism and protests at schools, TikTok seems to be connected to harmful behaviour offline as the app draws in billions of eyeballs and spawns all kinds of content at scale and speed.

According to several company insiders, TikTok’s drive towards participation and maximising engagement has led to these frenzies. TikTok says their platform isn’t to blame, but is the app changing our behaviour?

00:00 Introduction
01:04 What is TikTok’s unprecedented success doing to us?
01:49 True crime on TikTok including the #Idaho4
03:09 Olivia, true crime vlogger
04:25 Why do frenzies happen on TikTok?
08:55 TikTok protests
10:37 Going undercover on TikTok
12:48 TikTok frenzy participation

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Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producers: Beth Godwin and Olivia Lace-Evans
Editor: Flora Carmichael

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