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 Report Algorithms of trauma: new case study shows that Facebook doesn’t give users real control over disturbing surveillance ads A case study examined by Panoptykon Foundation and showcased by the Financial Times, demonstrates how Facebook uses algorithms to deliver personalised ads that may exploit users’ mental vulnerabilities. The experiment shows that users are unable to get rid of disturbing content: disabling sensitive… 28.09.2021 Text Article Discrimination in datafied world Data-driven technologies are not neutral. A decision to collect, analyse and process specific kind of information is structured and motivated by social, economic and political factors. Those data operations may not only violate the right to privacy but also lead to discrimination and oppression of… 10.07.2018 Text Article DSA: Polish translation needs correction. Transparency rules for recommender systems do apply to smaller platforms as well We found an essential mistake in the Polish official translation of the Article 27 of Digital Services Act: 11.05.2023 Text