Podcast 07.12.2023 2 min. read Audio Image Worried about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget. Facebook competes for users’ attention by exploiting its knowledge of their anxieties and weaknesses, and the buttons which are supposed to hide unwanted content do not work as they promise. A new study by the Panoptykon Foundation led by Piotr Sapieżyński, PhD, of Northeastern University (Boston) has been released. Listen, add to your favourite app using a RSS link or listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Podcasts and YouTubie. How to check Facebook Ads Interest List? Mobile: Click on your profile picture to see a menu. Select Settings & privacy to access your Privacy Center. Click the tile that says You have options to manage the ads you see on Facebook. Next, if you click Review ad preferences, a window will pop up. Choose Facebook and Messenger off a list of apps, and a menu for your ad preferences will appear in a new tab. Click to access your Ad topics, and another pop-up window finally takes you where you want to be. Done! This episode of Panoptykon 4.0 featured: the case study subject – “Joanna” read by Tanya O’Carroll; psychologist and therapist – Joanna Flis; algorithm researcher – PhD Piotr Sapieżyński; the President of the Panoptykon Foundation – Katarzyna Szymielewicz; the script was written by Matylda Grodecka; script editing and production – Maria Wróblewska; content supervision – Dorota Głowacka; expert consultation – Magdalena Birecka; sound editing and post-production – Jarek Gawlik; promotion – Dominika Chachuła, Aleksandra Iwańska and Anna Obem; read by Daniel Stawczyk. Audio file Maria Wróblewska Author Image Działania organizacji w latach 2022-24 dofinansowane z Funduszy Norweskich w ramach programu Aktywni Obywatele – Fundusz Krajowy. Topic social media new digital world algorithms See also Article Big Tech platforms are hurting us. 50 organisations urge the EU to #fixalgorithms The list of negative consequences of how dominant online platforms shape our experience online is neither short nor trivial. From exploiting users’ vulnerabilities, triggering psychological trauma, depriving people of job opportunities to pushing disturbing content to others, these are just some… 21.09.2021 Text Article Webinar: Alternative recommender systems in the DSA [recording] Facebook Files provided yet another confirmation that the company's extremely profitable recommender systems come at a high price paid by vulnerable individuals and our societies. Algorithms optimised for engagement amplify toxic content, such as hate speech or disinformation, and target humans… 23.11.2021 Text Article Anxious about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget There is little point in telling Facebook which posts you do not want to see – it will not listen. 07.12.2023 Text