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 my exact thought when it comes to the news as I am already someone that struggles with anxiety and tends to overthink things I have to be selective when it comes to the news. I also found this interesting as the group that tends to avoid the news the most were the millennials and that makes total since seeing that we have grown up with a lot of negative news. I think back to the start of the negative news I grew up with like 9/11 and then hurricane Katrina and then the housing market crash in 08' and after that seemed like mass shooting every day to present day with the political divide and the pandemic its overwhelming. There is only so much you can handle when it comes to the negative news which is usually the bulk of whats being reported. Overall its much easier to stay on TikTok and watch videos of things I am concerned with and although I see the importance of staying informed it is nice to have a cute dog or cool new recipe sprinkled in with my news while scrolling as opposed to the back to back negative stories we see on the news channels.