Cyber Safety

Fake News

Fake News is false or misleading information presented as news. It is oftened aimed at damaging the reputation of a person or entity. Fake News has been prevalent throughout all of modern history, but has become more common and available because of the invention of social media. Recently Fake News has been used to spread lies and conspiracy theories about the results of the 2020 election and a supposed link between vaccines and autism.

Fake News is commonly associated with the spread of dangerous lies and misconceptions. Fake News often entices people with eye-catching thumbnails and titles. This can be bad not only because it perpetuates false information, but also because it blocks out and distracts from real important news. Though I doubt most people who click on fake news articles believe the story just clicking on the article could cause the author to create more.

Internet Gaming Addiction

Video game addiction is a World Health Organization recognized mental health condition that affects millions of people around the world. Though billions of people play video games everyday around the world most of them do not have to worry since the WHO estimates only 3-4% of people get addicted. It may seem like a joke, but video game addiction could be quite dangerous with symptoms ranging from sleep deprivation to agrophobia.

Many people seem to underestimate gaming addiction and don't realize the true damage addiction can cause. Many people have dies because of video game addiction usually from suicide or from heart problems related to extremely long gaming sessions. A notable exeption to these deaths was the death of Susan Petric who was killed by her son, Daniel Petric, after taking his copy of Halo 3.