An ambient excursion through positive and peculiar comments on the internet. Headphones on 🎧 for this experimental bit of audio. Don't worry if it's not your cup of tea, the next episode will be more normal.

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Unseen & Appropriated: https://pod.fo/e/356927

The Final Boss of Ad Data: https://podfollow.com/watts-on-your-screen/episode/bd9e088ac6bcc847bff6f433bd646673ea978f2d/

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The stories of two women in Nottingham who discovered Tik-Tok videos of themselves which had been secretly recorded using Meta smart glasses and uploaded without their knowledge or consent. I also explore the motives, attitude, and Discord server of "Carlos", the man behind the glasses. That's him in the cover art.

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An investigation into ubiquitous stock imagery used to depict cyberspace, technology and the 1980s. I examine the pop culture of the 80s, the influence of technology, certain cities, and synthwave.

🔗LINKS:

📰 Useful articles on the subject:

https://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/80s-font.aspx

https://medium.com/@cywjoel/outrun-the-aesthetic-deconstructed-dbd3cd8679b7

https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/

https://indieground.net/blog/80s-grid-history/

📕 Michel Tcherevkoff's book: https://archive.org/details/tcherevkoffimage0000tche/page/n151/mode/2up

🎥The Rise of the Synths documentary website: https://theriseofthesynths.com/

🎥My documentary, Follow the Stickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6Q4uOLIY4

📼The 77-Year-Old Giga-Chad Boomer who loves GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SO7cZU_nM

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A summary of the month of January 2025 told via unseen snippets of mundane video in an audio collage that I narrate. Yeah, it's an odd one, but give it a chance.

🔗LINKS:

My Roosevelt documentary: https://youtu.be/uxyP0ue681A

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Professor Andy Phippen talks about about his 20 years of experience in the world of online harms. We talk about the effectiveness of prohibition, the online safety act, harm reduction, and what young people actually say about their internet usage when you take the time to ask them.

🔗LINKS:

The news story about the grooming victim in Wiltshire who was told by the police that he had done something illegal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrdz0qegg3o)

Andy's book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-80286-7

My newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/

Substack’s nazi problem: https://www.platformer.news/substack-nazi-push-notification/

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I talk to local journalist Corey Bedford about the various pressures and business interests that are shaping the world of online local journalism.

🔗LINKS:

• Corey's conversation with Hold the Front Page after he took voluntary redundancy from the Leicester Mercury: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2023/news/cuts-threatened-journalist-quits-for-sake-of-mental-health/
• The Mirror's article 'Girl, 12, put in school isolation because her 'hips are too wide for a pleated skirt' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-12-put-school-isolation-24912521
• The Grimsby Live article 'Parish Council meeting gets heated as residents question councillors over hedge drama': https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/parish-council-meeting-gets-heated-3159518
• The Rest is Entertainment episode 'The Secrets of Tipping Point': https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-secrets-of-tipping-point/id1718287198?i=1000726929576
• Nottinghamshire Live's drone footage of the cooling towers being demolished: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/amazing-drone-footage-shows-nottinghamshire-10426683
• The ongoing saga between Nottinghamshire Live and Reform UK: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-opinion/reform-voted-against-debate-nottinghamshire-10511120
• The National Union of Journalists' statement on the situation: https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-responds-to-reform-refusing-to-speak-to-local-journalists-in-nottinghamshire.html

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I investigate the origin of infuriating videos of people being thoroughly unreasonable. Where do they come from? Why are they made? Are they real? Who's behind them?

🔗LINKS:

📰 Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/british-police-officer-questioning-driver-clip-is-skit-2023-11-23/

📺 The video mentioned in the Reuters article: https://x.com/stillgray/status/1720075180830228516

🎵 Hamad's Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehalalham

📰 A Rolling Stone article about Karen videos and the Norwegian royal family: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/fake-karen-viral-videos-tiktok-instagram-1234814549/

📺 Louisa's video about the original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@mymatecherry/video/7342608253005729056

📺 An example of the kind of exposure the McDonalds video got: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrSNX-qRAaM

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I talk to the anthropomorphised embodiment of all my online ad data in a horrifying fever dream.

🔗LINKS:

How to download your info on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/212802592074644/

How to download your info on Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/181231772500920

How to download your info on eBay: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Ask-a-Mentor/How-can-I-download-like-an-excel-or-cvs-file-of-my-purchase/td-p/33445982

How to download your info on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=TP1zlemejtTn6pwYKS

How to download your data on Hinge: https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360011235813-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-personal-data

How to download your data on Tinder: https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005626726-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-personal-data

How to download your data on Bumble: https://bumble.com/en-us/help/how-can-i-request-my-data-or-retrieve-past-conversations

How to download your data on Spotify: https://support.spotify.com/uk/article/data-rights-and-privacy-settings/

There are probably many more places you can request your data from but I think these cover some of the most interesting / intrusive areas of our online lives: socialising, dating, shopping, and listening.

🎞 Here's a link to Luke's film review insta: https://www.instagram.com/watchwithluke/

📻 Here's my interview on Creators by TrueFans: https://pod.fo/e/2fbc96

My show page on TrueFans: https://truefans.fm/watts-on-your-screen

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