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, 1a. 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 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? an
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 accounts as much as me? i could spend, like, five hours on tiktok and maybe on it weekends, like, ten, 11 hours. a good few hours a day on instagram. because you just get so, like, distracted by it that everything else, like, doesn t exist for a moment. i show them my instagram feed
today, you can reach me on twitter @annitabbc the government is to publish its plans for the sale of channel 4 it s expected to scrap many of the rules for commercial public service broadcasters. and ben stokes is expected to be named as the new england cricket captain later today. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said russian forces must be pushed out of the whole of ukraine in what amounts to the clearest statement yet of the uk s objectives in the war. let s take a look at some of the main points. in a speech, liz truss said victory for ukraine was a strategic imperative and that the conflict needed to be a catalyst for wider change. russia s president valdamir putin warns any country interfering in ukraine will be met with a lightning fast military retaliation. the head of the un, antonio guterres has arrived within the last hour on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or