# Long Read | How social media algorithms decide who you are

An episode of [Background Briefing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/73330306), 25 Dec 2025, 24 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g6/Z/vl.mp3

This week, Prianka Srinivasan arms herself with a burner phone and a fake name, and sets out to learn how Instagram’s algorithm really works.

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