In the digital age we are constantly receiving global news from around the world, from our hometowns, etc. It makes it hard when so much is happening in the world, it starts to make people overwhelmed and upset. I have struggled with this myself, I have let the things that I read on the internet consume me and influence my feelings. This article helps provide me with the resources to combat this and not feel guilty for shutting things out. We are human and we were not made to have the entire world at the touch of our fingers.

I find it so intriguing how we have began turning to short form media for our news consumption. It seems as we get more familiar with digital media and constant accessibility to everything, we want speed. Younger users who use Tiktok for their news consumption use it because its accessible to them, but also the videos are easier to digest and shorter than a regular news cast.

I can't say I'm the biggest fan of getting my news from Tiktok, but I can say that there have been times where I have become more socially aware due to information I collected from using the site.

I believe that seeing false news in the same light as spam is a better way to look at identifying the problem. This may help decrease some of the damage posed by false news for consumers who aren't well-versed in spotting disinformation on the internet. Most individuals can read an email in their inbox claiming that they won the million-dollar lottery and still classify it as spam because they recognize the all too familiar ploy. If we applied this approach to disinformation on social media, I believe it would help people become more familiar with the lies spread on the internet.

This part really stuck out to me as here we are learning about misinformation and disinformation and how prevalent it is in society and what we can do to minimize its impact yet the professionals are still learning too! I have learned so many tools within this course and past courses and I think educating everyone on these matters is the only solution. I think we could be 10 years down the road and in this exact same dilemma if we are not changing foundational things within our society mainly educating on this very subject. We have to have a society that understands the content they are intaking is not real or out of context and one that is better informed overall. Facebook employees although very intelligent can't code a magic algorithm to make its users understand mis/disinformation it has to be bigger than that and we have to do better as a whole to fix these issues that keep happening.

This is a bold and true statement. Social media platforms earn more more when a post gets engagement. We have learned shocking headlines, content that makes you feel strongly, and Information that makes you feel "in the know" are ripe for going viral and quick. The engagement from clicks, views, and likes boosts these posts and allows the audience growth to snowball.

So can these people making the judgment call be vetted? Can we see a list of why certain articles were omitted, what are their best practices for making this call, and is there safeguards in place ro make sure that these calls are accurate. I think It's great that there is something happening from Facebooks side to curb the issue, but can those efforts be trusted as well?

It's funny, the first sentence already rises so many red flags. To me it all seems like a marketing tactic. When putting out videos and photos for your product; the goal is to show your customer how much they need this product! Wether or not the product is good you better believe they are going to "fake it until they make it". Nobody is going to post content making nasty faces after drinking BOO, it is all the story they are trying to give off. It's important to remember the models/actors are paid to promote for their client so they can get sells.

This short paragraph is a great learning lesson. It seems like common sense to know that group administrators will do whatever needed to protect their company/product. It makes sense that all negative comments get flagged and do not show up on the your news feed, making it seem like the most perfect product on the planet. This is a problem because we aren't able to see everyones real experience with the product. With only great reviews and comments being shared it is very easy to be deceived and not know the whole truth.

While the main point of this article is the discussion about how this MLM was selling a potentially dangerous product, under the ruse of it being some sort of cure-all, but this note about how more than 99% of MLM sellers lose money is also important. Not only do people make wild claims about the product itself, but there is also generally a lot of misinformation surrounding how much money people can make if they join a MLM. People are often told that by selling a MLM product that they can make a lot of money while working from home, while in reality very few people involved with MLM's make money, and the majority of them actually lose money. So this misinformation can be damaging for people not only physically, but also financially.

It is pretty insane to me how people will see an advertisement for what is essentially a bag of dirt, and actually think that it is worthy of "researching" and purchasing, even with its priciness. It ties into the whole confirmation bias/echo chamber idea, because i'm sure the "research" this woman did, didn't actually consist of any scientific evidence, but most likely just other people on Facebook, or similar internet platforms who are just as susceptible to MLM's.