Episode

Young People, Social Media and Harmful Content

Podcast: UCL Uncovering Politics
Published: Jan 22, 2026
Duration seconds: 1725
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Summary

This week we’re looking young people’s perceptions of social media. What are their views about the potentially harmful content that they’re seeing online? What would they like to be done about it? And what are some of the challenges facing researchers who want to look at how algorithms push different types of content?