Synopsis
Social media companies collect huge amounts of personal data from children in order to target content at them. How is this affecting their lives?
- Programme: Discolsure
- Series: 4
- Episode: 07: Who's Watching the Kids?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
- PSHE | Social Media Dangers
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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