The Social Dilemma Preview

False stories that appear to be news, often spread on the internet to influence views.

A set of moral principles that govern a person's behavior or conduct.

The majority of social media engineers and CEOs do not allow their own children to use the Apps they build.

As of September 2020, between 1 and 2 billion people use social media at least once a month.

A region in San Francisco Bay Area where many tech companies are headquartered, including Google & Apple.

Social Media companies track how long a person looks at each image in their feed.

Teenagers in Gen Z (born after 1996) are more likely to go on dates than previous generations.

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made, especially where all choices are challenging.

Every Facebook and Instagram user sees different "feed" based on what the algorithm knows about them.

Between the 1960s and today, computer processing power has increased by around 1 billion times.

"Infinite scroll" on Instagram and TikTok uses the same principle as Vegas Slot Machines.

Every user sees a different Wikipedia entry based on where they search from and their search history.