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1) The documentary's "author" claims that younger generations are victims of social media
abuse since the goal of social media has switched from allowing people to socialize and
express themselves to benefiting off people's attention and behavior.
2) False news is one of the subclaims offered by the documentary to support their line of
reasoning. The documentary goes into greater detail about this at the end, but it was
addressed in the beginning. As the documentary puts it, "fake news with consequences"
has caused mayhem all across the world, particularly among younger generations who
are more sensitive to it. The film's reporters focused on incidents of fake news that had
serious implications, such as the promotion of ISIS sympathizers and white
supremacists, Russian hacking, internet lynch mobs that killed over a dozen people, and
Chinese society's Coronavirus intolerance. Fake news is a problem because it spreads
misinformation and is harmful to the world since it breeds distrust and suspicion among
