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The algorithm is an AI program that uses your personal information (gathered through engagement and account details) to show you tailored content that will keep you scrolling.
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the algorithm makes sure you see content you like, which keeps you scrolling and scrolling.
This pressure makes people feel like they must act, post, or agree certain ways just to fit in.
What is peer pressure?
About half of all youth spend at least this many hours on screens every day.
What is 4 hours per day?
This is the trail of information and data that exists from posting, searching, or using the internet.
What is a digital footprint?
Repeated, intentional, harm to others through digital platforms is called this.
What is Cyberbullying?
Phishing is when you go catch fish with your friends.
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Phishing is a type of cyber scamming through texts, emails, website links, and more.
These are short-lived popular internet activities that encourage participants to do things like dance, ingest toxic chemicals, intentionally cause bodily harm, and even induce unconsciousness.
What are internet trends/challenges?
Social media use has been linked with lower self-esteem and increased depressive symptoms. This simple step can reduce the chance of experiencing those things.
What is being on social media less?
This is the legal consequence of knowingly and willingly sending or being in possession of nude photos of a minor.
What is at least a misdemeanor?
finish this phrase: Integrity is doing the right thing even when ________.”
What is "nobody is looking" ?
Emotion-sparking headlines known as “clickbait” are required to be fact checked within two days.
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Being unsatisfied with your appearance increases when this action is taken before posting photos.
What is editing your photos?
Social media platforms are deliberately designed to exploit the reward system of the brain, particularly by triggering this chemical.
What is Dopamine?
This is the safest way to stop cyberbullying, sextortion, or unwanted internet interactions.
What is telling an adult/stop responding?
Avoiding apps or sudden mood changes may indicate this.
This cybercrime has increased dramatically since the normalization of constant social media engagement.
What is Cyber-Stalking?
This occurrence happens when people feel braver, bolder, or more aggressive while interacting online than they do in person (what is cyber-aggression/cyber-courage)
What is cyber-courage/cyber-aggression?
Strong urges to use, neglecting other responsibilities, and compulsive use are all symptoms of excessive social media use. They are also signs of this.
What is an addiction?
Threatening to share explicit images to force compliance is this crime.
What is sextortion?
Sextortion is a FELONY
You may be bullying even you repeatedly do this- even "as a joke."
What is mocking or humiliating someone online?
In the last half of 2023, about this many fake Facebook accounts were removed for having malicious intent or representing a non-human entity
What is 1,500,000,000 (1.5 billion) accounts?
This is the part of the brain that is not fully developed in youth but is largely responsible for decision-making and self-control.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
These three critical neurotransmitters are overstimulated and misused through excessive media use, causing the deterioration of mental health.
What are Oxytocin, Dopamine, and Serotonin?
This industry heavily relies on social media to find, recruit, and advertise individuals.
What is the human trafficking industry?
This meaningful part of communication is difficult to express over texting.
What is tone?