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For their attention. children browsing social media platforms can see over 400 adverts an hour. so, they are absolutely being, you know, bombarded with an effort to kind of either get them to consume more, to get them to kind of change their opinion, and this, you know, a huge volume of adverts, much more than we would, again, permit on any other media. 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 tha...

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 than their parents do, and that can be in ways that might get them in trouble with their parents. heather burns is a digital rights activist. she says uk data protection laws didn't need strengt...

Tiktok still allows these, if the user has agreed. we asked the big platforms if this new rule meant they've 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's 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 than their parents do. and that can be in ways that might get them in trouble with their parents. h...

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? and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i've come to holyrood secondary, scotland's biggest high school, to ask thes...

But am getting curious to find out what data is actually being held on me. facebook�*s the first social media platform 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 is downloaded, ijust need to open it now. i am a little bit nervous, i am not going to lie. um... 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 scaring me here. it says messages. no way! they have got messages stored