SPOTTING FAKE NEWS
Before trusting an article, you should check this — the person or organization who wrote it — to judge if they're credible.
What is the source / author?
This is the secret word or phrase you should make long, unique, and hard to guess for each account.
What is a password?
This is the most popular search engine, whose name has become a verb for looking things up online.
What is Google?
Repeatedly using technology to harass, threaten, or embarrass someone is called this.
What is cyberbullying?
This professional networking site doubles as a digital portfolio, letting you showcase your experience, skills, and recommendations.
What is LinkedIn?
A headline written to be shocking or outrageous just to get you to click is called this kind of "bait."
What is clickbait?
This security feature asks for a second step — like a code texted to your phone — in addition to your password.
What is two-factor authentication?
These are the specific words you type into a search engine — choosing good ones is important to finding what you need.
What are keywords?
Before sharing a photo of a friend online, the respectful thing to get first is this.
What is their permission / consent?
Storing your portfolio and files online so you can access them from any device is called saving to this.
What is the cloud?
When a claim seems surprising, a good habit is to do this — see if other reputable outlets are reporting the same thing.
What is cross-checking / verifying?
A scam email pretending to be from a real company to steal your info is called this.
What is phishing?
This browser feature lets you save a webpage so you can easily return to it later without searching again.
What is a bookmark / favorite?
This law and concept protects creators' ownership of their work — meaning you can't just reuse images, music, or text freely.
What is copyright?
This file format, ending in .pdf, keeps your resume or work samples looking the same no matter what device opens them.
What is a PDF?
These websites, like The Onion, publish fake stories as comedy — but they can fool readers who don't realize the news is a joke.
What are satirical / satire sites?
These small files track your activity across websites, and you can clear or block them in your browser settings.
What are cookies?
This is the practice of looking yourself up online to see what others — like employers — would find about you.
What is googling yourself / checking your digital footprint?
Posting angry or insulting comments online just to provoke a reaction is called this.
What is trolling?
This kind of software organizes data into rows and columns and can do calculations — Excel and Google Sheets are examples.
What is a spreadsheet?
This term describes the tendency to believe and share information just because it matches what you already think — a trap that helps fake news spread.
What is confirmation bias?
This term refers to the trail of data you leave behind online — your posts, searches, and activity that can stick around for years.
What is your digital footprint?
Many browsers keep this list of sites you've visited before, so you can find a page again even if you forget the address.
What is your (browsing) history?
Reading and respecting these — the rules you agree to when joining a site or app — is part of being a responsible user.
What are the terms of service / community guidelines?
Beyond LinkedIn, creatives often showcase their work on this portfolio platform owned by Adobe, popular for design, photography, and art.
What is Behance?