What Happens To Your Data on Social Media & What To Do About It

Given the popularity of Netflix's newest documentary The Social Dilemma, today's episode dissects the movie and talks about how you can check what data Facebook and Google know about you. Your host, Abby, a professional digital marketer, will break down how this data is used for advertising and how you can take more control of it. We'll also dive into a discussion about the real threats that social media poses on mental health. Get ready for a thought-provoking episode!

 

Your Data Checklist:

• Don’t use Facebook to log into to other accounts.
• Complete the data assignments that are discussed in the episode.
• Purchase a VPN.
• Use really secure passwords.
• Pay attention to the cookie/privacy policies you accept on websites. You don’t have to accept.

 

Resources:

• What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks (The Verge)
• How to download your Facebook data (Wired)

 

This Week's News:

• A patent for active links in IG captions - for a price (The Verge, Protocol)
• YouTube's new TikTok-esque test (TechCrunch)
• You can listen to Working Girl Talk (and other podcasts) on Amazon Music (The Verge)
• This reality tv show is out of this world - literally (The Verge)

 

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