you know, i don t think i really care about what information i put out online and i don t think my friends do either, but i am getting curious to find out what data is actually being held on me. facebook s the first social media platform that ijoined. i know that you can download the data held on you there and i m giving ita try. ijoined at 13, this could take some time. so, everything s downloaded. ijust need to open it now. i am a little bit nervous, i m not going to lie. erm. there are dozens of folders, including one called off facebook activity , listing the date and time i visited over 500 websites, but that s not what s
to harm, is when those platforms have taken away that and are manipulating children to have behaviours that are great for the platform but may not be best for the child. social media platforms say they are changing the way they operate. facebook, instagram, and youtube have now restricted the number of targeted ads to under 18s. tiktok still allows these, if the user has agreed. we asked the big platforms if this new rule meant that they had stopped collecting data on under 18s too. tiktok and youtube are still collecting data on this age group, though youtube says it will reduce the amount it is collecting. we didn t get a clear answerfrom facebook, which owns instagram. what s clear is the new code doesn t stop companies collecting personal data on under 18s. ad tech and big tech sometimes know more about a young person
children s life s choices? absolutely. tonight. who s watching the kids? i love social media. i ve had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. now, these days i almost feel my digital life is indistinguishable from my real one. i mean, if i didn t instagram it, did it even really happen? i know that advertising is a part of this, and recently i noticed the return of some old anxieties, alongside a high number of diet related ads. it made me ask, just how much do social media companies really know about me, and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i ve come to holyrood
main news programme. main news stories. one in three internet users is a child. pizza, who wants some yummy pizza? children s attention is worth billions. it s an industry fuelled by personal data. ad tech and big tech sometimes know more about a young person than their parents do. ..where young users don t always understand what they re sharing. they ve got messages stored here from when i was. - i must have been 13, 14. should more be done to control this massive market? are they kind of influencing children s life s choices? absolutely. tonight. who s watching the kids? i love social media. i ve had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. now, these days i almost feel my digital life
and potentially, in some cases, it s being misused. the code stops companies sharing data without a compelling reason and makes them take account of the best interests of the child. so, if firms know they are dealing with an under 18, they now aren t allowed to share things automatically, like location or browsing history, unless these conditions are met. one of the sort of single most important principles within the children s code is to act within the best interests of the child. you see, when it s working well, children are in control, have autonomy and have choice. when it isn t working well, when they may be exposed to harm, is when those platforms have taken away that and are manipulating children to have behaviours that are great for the platform but may not be best for the child. social media platforms say they are changing the way they operate. facebook, instagram, and youtube have now restricted the number of targeted ads to under 18s. tiktok still allows these, if the user h