they open their phones? what they see in their own feed is determined by lines of code called algorithms. the algorithms literally learn from what we like and what we scroll through, what we watch and how long we watch it. tiktok wasn t a thing when i was 13, but today it s one of the most popular apps amongst teenagers. i want to know what today s teens see when theyjoin up. i m going to call myself 13, which is the youngest age you can officiallyjoin, though many social media users are much younger than that. i ve got a fresh device, so the algorithm can t pick up any data trail. and i m going to start scrolling. within minutes the algorithm has picked up that i m in scotland, and then glasgow. as a 13 year old, i m presented with this pop up saying that my account is private. it doesn t change what i see,
it s a sponsored funko pop. right. ..that someone s promoting. all these tiktok users are the same age, go to the same school, live in the same city, but they re getting very different targeted content. and how does that make you feel, that they re making a lot of money, essentially, from your information? your private information. i ve never actually - bothered about that, nah. no, i ve never really thought into it. their reactions don t really surprise me, but what s actually going on when they open their phones? what they see in their own feed is determined by lines of code called algorithms. the algorithms literally learn from what we like and what we scroll through, what we watch and how long we watch it. tiktok wasn t a thing when i was 13, but today it s one of the most popular apps amongst teenagers. i want to know what today s teens see when theyjoin up. i m going to call myself 13, which is the youngest age you can officiallyjoin,
i want to know what today s teens see when they when theyjoin up. i m going to call myself 13, which is the youngest age you can officiallyjoin, though many social media users are much younger than that. i ve got a fresh device, so the algorithm can t pick up any data trail. and i am going to start scrolling. within minutes, the algorithm has picked up that i m in scotland, and then glasgow. as a 13 year old, i m presented with this pop up, saying that my account is private. it doesn t change what i see, but it limits who can see any videos i post. and then another pop up. this one nudges a 13 year old user to help tiktok make money, by keeping personalised ads switched on. last year, tik tok s parent
it s boxing, someone boxing. painting. anything else? it s a sponsored funko pop. that someone s promoting. all these tiktok users are the same age, go to the same school, live in the same city, but they re getting very different, targeted content. and how does that make you feel, that they re making a lot of money, essentially, from your information? your private information. i ve never actually i bothered about that. no, i ve never really thought into it. their reactions don t really surprise me. but what s actually going on when they open their phones? what they see in their own feed is determined by lines of code, called algorithms. the algorithms literally learn from what we like and what we scroll through, what we watch and how long we watch it. tiktok wasn t a thing when i was 13, but today, it s one of the most popular apps amongst teenagers. i want to know what today s teens see when they when theyjoin up.
the algorithms literally learn from what we like and what we scroll through, what we watch and how long we watch it. tiktok wasn t a thing when i was 13, but today, it s one of the most popular apps amongst teenagers. i want to know what today s teens see when they when theyjoin up. i m going to call myself 13, which is the youngest age you can officiallyjoin, though many social media users are much younger than that. i ve got a fresh device, so the algorithm can t pick up any data trail. and i am going to start scrolling. within minutes, the algorithm has picked up that i m in scotland, and then glasgow. as a 13 year old, i m presented with this pop up, saying that my account is private. it doesn t change what i see, but it limits who can see any videos i post. and then another pop up.