Watts On Your Screen

The stories of two women in Nottingham who discovered videos of themselves on Tik Tok 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. 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-dbd3cd8679b7https://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 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/10.1007/978-3-031-80286-7My newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/Substack’s nazi problem: https://www.platformer.news/substack-nazi-push-notification/👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-24912521The 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-3159518The Rest is Entertainment episode 'The Secrets of Tipping Point': https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-secrets-of-tipping-point/id1718287198?i=1000726929576Nottinghamshire 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🔉SFX ATTRIBUTIONS Motorway and Rain - 1.wav by SpaceJoe -- https://freesound.org/s/486613/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 explosion 5.wav by Logicogonist -- https://freesound.org/s/685417/ -- License: Creative Commons 0👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/181231772500920How 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/33445982How to download your info on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=TP1zlemejtTn6pwYKSHow to download your data on Hinge: https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360011235813-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-personal-dataHow 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-dataHow to download your data on Bumble: https://bumble.com/en-us/help/how-can-i-request-my-data-or-retrieve-past-conversationsHow 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© COPYRIGHT ATTRIBUTIONS:lounge-jazz-elevator-music-324902 is by Ievgen Poltavskyi: https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-jazz-lounge-jazz-elevator-music-324902/👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to 'whiz kid editor' Andrew, an administrator and bureaucrat on Wikipedia. We talk about how he got started on the site, the effects it's had on him, and how tens of thousands of wikipedians work tirelessly to maintain the internet's largest free repository of information. 🔗LINKS:The BBC article on US House of Representatives IP address getting blocked: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876© COPYRIGHT ATTRIBUTIONS:water-splash-bubble-01.wav by junggle -- https://freesound.org/s/274016/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to a teacher about keeping his online life and his professional life separate, how realistic the Netflix series Adolescence is, and how online content is manifesting in the classroom in amusing, innocuous, and disturbing ways. ⚠ Adult topics and language throughout. 🔗LINKS:🎧Those Who Can't Teach... Anymore - the podcast I recommended: Those Who Can't Teach Anymore 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to Adam, Deen, and Ryan: "The Goodboys" about the Tik Tok and Youtube videos they make. We discuss pranking police officers, the motivations behind their predator hunting content, and what happened when they caught their maths teacher allegedly trying to meet a 15 year old boy for sex. 👩‍⚖️ LEGAL NOTE: I am not aware of any ongoing legal action regarding the predator sting we discuss in this episode. Out of an abundance of caution, I have still bleeped out the name of the teacher in question.  ⚠ CONTENT WARNING: Child sexual abuse is discussed throughout. 🔗 LINKS: The Goodboys TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@goodboyssytThe TikToker who inspired them: https://www.tiktok.com/@domthetrollInformation about the 'Well well well' meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/well-well-well-like-a-moth-to-a-flame-tiktok👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to Father Sebastian Hamilton about being a priest in the online world, his early foray into podcasting, and his affection for a certain stop-motion duo. It's a cracking listen, lad.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Dave, the 77-year-old giga-chad boomer who makes gifs that get millions of views a day. 🔗 LINKS: You can find Dave's work here:https://www.giphy.com/dotdavehttps://www.3dgifartist.com https://bsky.app/profile/3dgifartist.bsky.social🎧 Sound effects used in this episode include:London Underground Tube Departing.wav by Motion_S -- https://freesound.org/s/178899/ -- License: Attribution 4.0clock-tower.wav by xserra -- https://freesound.org/s/78405/ -- License: Attribution 4.0🙏 Thank you to Luke Smith for lending his voice to Dave's emails. 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's it like to delete all your social media? What are the social ramifications? And do you miss it? I talk to Sam about the reasons he took the decision to delete his social media. We discuss creativity, comparison, and the 2006 England football team.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can you go from living vicariously via the internet to actually experiencing life? I talk to Adam about his experiences with internet addiction and the self-help content he found helpful. 🔗 LINKS:The HealthyGamerGG video that the consumption vs production clips come from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2--NhxasrewAdam's Youtube video: https://youtu.be/InY1cxhJldo 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does being bilingual online change your experience of both the internet and the English language? I talk to Julia about the differences between the english-language internet and the polish-language internet, how being a directioner sharpened her language skills, and how certain phrases don't necessarily translate from screen to speech.⚠ CONTENT NOTE: There is a brief mention of self-harm. If you'd like to avoid it, skip the section of the podcast from 3:30 - 5:10.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've all got a Swiftie in our lives, but what does being part of Taylor Swift's army of fans actually mean? I talk to Leanne about the community and friendship she's found through this one-woman subculture.I messed up the sound on this one. Sorry. I promise it won't happen again.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did your mum ever teach you not to talk to strangers? Well Stefan's mum musn't have. In this episode we talk about seeking, forming, and maintaining online friendships. We also talk about the history of queer chat platforms and tensions between friendship and sexual attraction.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to Pippa, aka shewearssocks, about being an autism influencer on TikTok. We discuss the peculiarities of sudden popularity, her responsibilities as a neurodivergent creator, and her attitude to the constant push to Make More.🔗LINKS:Pippa's TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@shewearssocks 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.