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
stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this 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 in bbc news, emily brown investigates the effect social media companies are having on children s lives. disclosure he was looking after the kids? disclosure who s looking after the kids? one in three internet users is a child. 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. 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.
tonight, who s watching the kids? i ve had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. i love social media. now, these days, i almost feel like my digital life is indistinguishable from my real one. i mean, if i didn t instagrammed 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 askjust how much do social media really companies know about me? and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i ve come to holyrood secondary, scotland s biggest high school, to ask these 14 and is year olds, are they on their social media