This wikipedia article is about the Nuremberg Trials that lasted from 1945 through 1946 and was set of court cases after WW2 and was held in Nuremberg Germany. This is where allied powers prosecuted 24 of the top Nazi leaders as well as 6 organizations for crimes that were against peace, war crimes and humanity. The international Military Tribunal convicted 19 people and sentenced 11 of them to death. Overall, these trials showed that people can be punished for breaking important world rules, even if they were just trying to follow orders or were just apart of a government.

I find this paragraph very interesting as I do believe that this is something that is very common in young children's experiences. However, it makes me question children who do not have parents who teach them or reassure / comfort their children, how does that play into the child development and how they think of their actions. Can not knowing how to distinguish between shame and guilt play a signiifcant impact in ones life?

This wikipedia article goes into the meaning of Doxing and what it is. Doxing is considered the act of publicly revealing someones private/person information online without consent. This is usually done in order to harass or intimidate the person being 'doxed' and it can involve peoples names, addresses and other personal data. This information is also usually recieved through online research or even hacking. Doxing is looked down upon by most people and can sometimes even lead to more legal problems or bans from social sites.

I form of online harassment that I actually see quite often is people impersonating each other, usually with the intentions of tricking the friends of the real person into sending them money. I have experienced these impersonators messaging me as well as had friends who have been impersonated. I think this is something that is very common now a days and was actually very effective when it first began. However, overtime people have begun to catch on and learn about these scams and harassments so it has most definitely become less effective. This is just one way of many that I have witnessed harassment online.

This website is a leading platform used for crowdfunding and is used for various reasons such as personal, charitable and emergency causes and fundraises. GoFundMe allows people to create their own campaigns along with the ability to share their stories and recieve any donations securely. This platform has grown to be very popular as its used mostly for medical bills, education, crisis help, etc. supporting people all around the world.

In my opinion this really shows how the internet is such a powerful tool that can be very useful and helpful but can also be very hurtful at the same time. The fact that people were able to come together in order to solve a crime is really powerful and can be helpful it a lot of cases. However, in this example the person that people tried to capture was not the correct culprit which causes a lot of unnecessary harm towards others.

This site is the home / search page of Wikipedia which is a free and web based encyclopedia that is created and can be edited by volunteers and users all around the world. This means that anyone can contribute which makes this site a very useful and collaborative knowledge source. Wikipedia includes a ton of topics in many different languages and is also hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation in January 2001

In my opinion I believe that this is very effective and something that can be very useful but also not useful at the same time. Although I believe it is very good for sites to ban content to make the site more enjoyable for the user, I have also been on the side of the advertisements. This may make the site more enjoyable for users but companies often use social media to help push their products and services. So this may also be a setback or obstacle for these companies and their marketing

This wikipedia article is about digital detox and how it is considered a break from using digital devices such as computers, tv's, smartphones, social media etc. Digital detox is used my people to help reduce their stress and improve their focus on activities. This is very common when people go on vacations or daily routines with end goal of being 'reconnected' with the real world and improving their mental health as a whole.

This wikipedia article is about the Luddites which were 19th century English workers that were protesting against industrial machines that were threatening their jobs. These workers ended up destroying machinery in various factories as they feared for their jobs. This movement started around 1811 and is said to be named after Ned Ludd. Eventually it was ended after military and government intervention.

Personally I believe that although having the ability to detect the mental health of users can help those who are suicidal, I think it may still be a form of invasion of privacy. I believe that this type of analyzing users without them explicitly knowing is considered a violation of privacy.

This article talks about memes and what they are. Memes are defined as units of cultural info that is most commonly spread through imitation. It tends to follow the origin, specifically Richard Dawkins, an author who introduced the concept of a meme explains how memes operate similarly to genes as they evolve and spread themselves through different societies like communication, behavior and social media.

I actually found this definition very interesting as I did not expect memes to be defined this way nor have I ever thought of memes in this manner. In todays world, I feel like memes are just defined as funny piece of media that is spread. I have never thought of a meme to be considered part of culture and history. However the more I think about it the more I realize that it is apart of our culture and maybe more than just a funny piece of art.

This wikipedia article talks about color blindness which is a condition where people see colors differently than from what they really are. Most often color blind people struggle to tell red from green or from blue to yellow and tends to affect daily lives. Although it may not seem like a huge disability, it can have a very big impact such as reading signs and choosing things like clothes and items at a grocery store. Many do end up finding ways to adapt/cope with tools and support.

I personally this part of the text book very interesting, especially regarding how people can cope with their disabilities without even knowing that they have one. Though, I do understand that some people with disabilities may not know they have a disability because they have lived with it their entire life. This becomes their norm, without realizing they are disabled they automatically find ways to cope with it.

This article is about private messages also known as PM’s and DM’s (direct messages). These are considered private communication between users on various social media platforms and are different from public posts as they stay between users. Originally used in IRCs and forums, private messages are now very common, if not the main part of a social media app. Though these “private” messages do raise privacy concerns on the internet specifically about the data and security of these messages.

Although I believe there are benefits to companies being able to see messages in case of threats and other harmful messages, I still think that "private messages" should be kept private no matter what. If a user wants to report a specific message to the company thats okay, but I don't think a company should be able to have access to these "private" messages especially when users are told they are truly private and can be viewed by the company at any time.

This article talks about ​how the tech company / social media app, Facebook can still collects data on those who don't even have an account. Facebook does this through tools on websites and contact uploads from users. This is known as "shadow profiling" and has been raising many privacy concerns, as non-users aren't able to access or control this data at all. The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed he was unaware of any of this which made people grow more suspicious.

Although this seems somewhat reasonable for those who need advertisements for their brand or company etc. I still feel like in a way its a little too invasive when it comes to tracking this type of activity. I once read an article about how your phone is 'always listening to you', ever since I read this article I began to notice that products that I would talk about in real life with my peers would begin to pop up frequently on my phone. Though I do understand how this could optimize sales and better marketing, I think its a bit creepy and interesting how much you are really being tracked.

This wikipedia article goes in depth about what a “concern troll” is. A “concern troll” is considered a form of internet slang that's used when describing an individual who pretends to support a group but secretly is working against them. The person can suggest actions that would harm the group by either hurting their credibility or make the members turn against each other. Overall this person is engaging in very deceptive behavior acting like they support a group's efforts while in reality they are against the group.

I've found that recently trolling has become a very very common thing on both the internet and in real life. People tend to find amusement in seeing others confused or upset from something one initiated. I find this behavior pretty interesting because you would think someone would be embarrassed by getting that reaction from other individuals but its the complete opposite from these trollers as this is their primary goal. Trolling helps empower them and make them feel higher and smarter than others.

This article is how David Robinson, a director of engineering at contentsquare analyzed multiple tweets from Donald Trump where he discovered that Trump's account was being posted from two different devices. More promotional and general tweets most likely from staff being posted from an iPhone, while more emotional and not so nice tweets being posted from an Android, most likely from Trump himself.

Yes, I very much believe that it matters whether or not a human typed a Tweet, especially if the Tweet is coming from a public figure. I believe that authenticity is the main factor here as its completely lost if a bot were to post a tweet instead of an actual person. For example if a public figure were to post something very controversial, theres a possibly that most people would feel a connection or get triggered by this comment. However, if a bot were to post the same tweet I don't think there would be much of a response from the public since the tweet lost its authenticity as it wasn't from a real person.

This wikipedia article is about Emails, which is short for electronic mail and was one of the first ways of digital communication over the internet and originated in the late 20th century, becoming very common in the professional world in the past and is still common to this day.

In my opinion I think that the fact that email has been around since the 60s and 70s is crazy, it just feels so normal now yet I know it must have been a massive deal back then especially when it first came out. Even with all of the new modern apps like whatsapp and instagram, email is still around and used regularly especially for professional communication. I wonder what has allowed it to still stay modern? Is it the structure or how old it is?

This article highlights the massive social media app, Twitter now known as X. It was originally created for short messages and was launched in 2006 becoming a hit. It was then bought by Elon Musk in 2022 in order to make it a 'free speech' website. It rebranded and now has a ton of controversy surrounding it and the posts.

As someone who works with a lot of photographs and videos, I actually notice a lot! Lots of my photographs get compressed and lose a ton of quality when the file is smaller to help conserve more storage. But are there ways to prevent the computer from automatically running the compression algorithms if I would like to keep all of the data and quality?

This article highlights the insane operations of click farms and the way that these click farms create artificial engagement on social media to help boost its clients. Personally I believe that this is a negative operation on both sides, on society and on the operators. I personally think that generating artificial engagement is unethical to society despite not causing physical harm to others. Additionally if these operations MUST continue, I believe it's unethical to use human operators rather than bots. Humans should not have to work under these harsh conditions, sitting in front of 100's of screens for hours when a bot can be programmed to do this all.

Personally I believe that this paragraph here is very realistic but also a bit frightening at the same time to think that humans can create bots to cause trouble either through simple trolling or as harsh as impersonation. I am wondering though if we would consider accounts that automatically impersonate and contact accounts as bots? If a human messages through the bot but the account and impersonation is created through code, is it still considered a bot?

I agree with this statement very much as when I was young my father always would tell me something similar with my brothers. When my siblings and I made fun of each other or 'trolled' each other, he always told us to ignore the other because if you did, they would stop. The one trolling didn't want anything more than a reaction for their entertainment.

I would say I disagree with the Divine Command Theory as I believe that although many religions encourage their followers to do what is 'right', that should not be the sole reason for doing an action that is good. I believe people should take action in something good because they truly believe in themselves that the action is good and morally correct, not only because a God says it is morally correct.