To elaborate on my first annotation to this: I think what happened with "Trending Topicsgate" in May 2016 was not good for a few reasons. First, it made people worry about how much power social media like Facebook has. Some said Facebook workers were stopping conservative news from being seen, and that's not good because it might change what people think and believe. Second, it made people think about fairness. If Facebook was really stopping some news and not others, that's not fair. It means they might be picking sides, and that's not what people expect from a big platform like Facebook. And lastly, it made people fight more about politics. When something like this happens, it can make people who like different things not trust each other, and that makes it hard for us to talk nicely to each other. So, "Trending Topicsgate" was not good because it made people worry about how fair and honest social media is, and it made political arguments even worse.

I think it's a good idea to stop false information on the internet, but we have to be really careful not to stop people from speaking their minds. We've known about these problems for a while now. In the past two years, smart people like journalists and researchers have given names to these issues, like misinformation and disinformation. They've even talked to important people in Congress about how computer programs are changing our world. We've also talked a lot about things like filter bubbles on Google, keeping conversations healthy on Twitter, stopping people from getting too extreme on YouTube, and when people pretend to be someone else on Facebook. So, it's good to stop false information, but we have to be sure we don't take away people's freedom to say what they think. Finding the right balance is a big challenge we've been thinking about for a while now.

I find this statistic highly interesting and have a few theories as to why younger people do not trust the news as much as older adults. For starters, I believe television and radio used to be the most convenient main source of live, up to date news that could provide breaking news as well. As technology and time progressed, social media and internet has given younger generations an outlet to voice their opinions and, more importantly, fact check what they hear/see/read.

I remember when YouTube had to do something about fake news after the big event on January 6th. They made rules to take down videos with false information. That's good because we want to know the right stuff. Also, TikTok gives users content creation freedom and more freedom of speech, and we can make our own videos and say what we think. But sometimes, that can also be a problem. Since we can post anything, some things might not be true. Like, gossip about famous people or even important things like politics. TikTok does not always check if things are real before they spread however, I do sometimes see warning on the video if the video may cause bodily harm if tried to perform at home.