Overview
- All five new episodes are now available to stream on Channel 4, complementing recent TV broadcasts this week.
- Channel 4 describes the programme as exploring serious offences where social media played a significant role, drawing on insights from victims, families, police and psychologists.
- This week’s episodes focused on the killing of James Gibbons and the investigation into Jay Lang’s online abuse and blackmail of numerous victims.
- Viewers posted that they were in tears and called the viewing “disgusting,” with multiple comments on Essex Police’s Facebook page highlighting the emotional impact.
- The concluding episode, set for Wednesday, January 21 at 10pm, will centre on Ali Abulaban, whose rise on TikTok preceded a dramatic change in his real‑life behaviour.