Starter quiz
- Which of these are examples of private information?
- full name ✓
- picture of a drawing you've made
- picture of your house ✓
- the school you go to ✓
- hobbies
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- Match the words to the definition.
- post⇔to put something online, such as a video, image or text ✓
- consequence⇔the result of our actions ✓
- manipulation⇔influencing someone's emotions to make them do something ✓
- tactic⇔the method to achieve something ✓
- Which of these statements are true?
- We should not share our passwords with anyone, including our friends. ✓
- We should give our friends any information they ask for.
- We should not use the same password for multiple sites. ✓
- We should use passwords that are easy to guess eg. password
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- Which of these statements are true?
- It can be difficult to find viewpoints different to ours online. ✓
- We are often shown the same content as people who are different to us.
- The internet is full of content from people with different viewpoints. ✓
- We have seen everything on the internet.
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- Which of these are strategies influencers use to get more likes and followers?
- posting rarely on social media
- pretending to be relatable or aspirational online ✓
- lying and exaggerating on social media ✓
- never posting adverts
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- An ______ is a set of rules used or created by a computer program.
- 'algorithm' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the words to the definition.
- data⇔detailed information stored online ✓
- personal data⇔detailed information about us stored online ✓
- advertise⇔persuade someone to buy something ✓
- What do social media companies use our data for?
- advertising ✓
- creating videos
- analysing ✓
- designing their website
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- True or false: social media companies can only use people's money to create targeted adverts.
- True
- False ✓
- One way we can control our data is by only accepting necessary ______.
- 'cookies' ✓
- Which are ways we can control our data online?
- restrict access to location ✓
- allow all apps access to our photos
- delete apps and accounts we don't need ✓
- upload data to the cloud when we can ✓
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Key learning points
- Online data is worth a huge amount of money.
- Social media companies use data to advertise things to us.
- Our personal data is used to guess things about us.
- Social media companies can often do what they like with our information.
- We have some control over how our personal information is shared, used and stored.
Common misconception
Most things on the internet are free.
Although we often do not need to pay money for online services, that doesn't mean that they come at no cost. We often pay with our attention (as consumers and viewers of adverts) and our personal information, which is shared widely.
Keywords
Data - detailed information stored online
Personal data - detailed information about us stored online
Advertise - persuade someone to buy something
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