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Social Media
Social Media and Social Networking sites are websites and applications where you can create and share content with people you know.The popular sites include:

  • Instagram
  • Facebook (less popular with teenagers)
  • Tik Tok
  • You Tube
  • Twitter (less with teenagers)
  • Snap Chat (isn't a full social media site but..)
  • Twitch (especially gamers)
  • Pinterest (less so with teenagers)
  • LinkedIn (for professionals)

There are also other popular communication apps

  • Whats App
  • Discord

And conferencing apps like
  • Zoom
  • House Party

All of these apps let users share information, and so expose users to increased risk of sharing information they would be better not too. Also, the organisations collect and use your data (with your permission)
All Text copyright Lakelands Academy & Mr T Purslow 2020.
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All Text copyright Lakelands Academy & Mr T Purslow 2020.  All images copyright free / creative commons unless otherwise stated. You are welcome to use under a Creative Commons Attribution-nonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
All Text copyright Lakelands Academy & Mr T Purslow 2020.  All images copyright free / creative commons unless otherwise stated. You are welcome to use under a Creative Commons Attribution-nonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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