Panorama

What Facebook Knows About You

BBC 1 Series 1 Episode 1
First broadcast 8th May 2017, 19:30
Duration: 28:52
Current affairs programme. Darragh MacIntyre investigates Facebook and questions whether the company's size and complexity now makes it impossible to regulate.

Clips from this programme

Opening Titles & Introduction: Facebook, personal information, political use in elections

Duration: 01:15

Facebook and what it does with your data, 32 million users in the UK, (Reporter: Darragh Macintyre), Privacy settings, Mark Zuckerberg, Simon Milner (Policy Director, Facebook), Chi Onwurah (Former Head of Technology OFCOM)

Duration: 03:29

Facebook, the giant of social media providing a giant targeted advertising machine ((John Matejczyk, Advertising Creative Director)

Duration: 01:29

Facebook, algorithms tracking our lives, activities and movements (Antonio Garcia Martinez, former Facebook Product Manager), the Facebook 'cult', Chi Onwurah (Former Head of Technology OFCOM)

Duration: 04:54

Facebook, political use in elections, Facebook videos promotion, Brexit referendum, micro-targeting (Gerry Gunster, Campaign Strategist, Leave.EU), Trump (Gary Coby, Republican National Committee), $250 million spent with Facebook for 2016 USA Presidential, campaigns with dedicated Facebook staff, Simon Milner (Policy Director, Facebook), Damian Collins (Chair of Culture, Media & Sport Committee 2016-2017)

Duration: 06:25

Facebook, social media fake news (Teddy Goff, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign 2016), disputed stories, profit, click-bait (Antonio Garcia Martinez, former Facebook Product Manager), Simon Milner (Policy Director, Facebook), Damian Collins (Chair of Culture, Media & Sport Committee 2016-2017)

Duration: 05:58

Facebook, responsibility for all material content on the site, taking down harmful and offensive content bullying and hate speech (Paul Tweed, Privacy Lawyer)

Duration: 02:14

Facebook, commercial advantage without full legal regulation, Chi Onwurah (Former Head of Technology OFCOM), privacy, a social obligation for control over messaging

Duration: 02:39

End Titles & Credits

Duration: 00:25

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