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Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065137
                         Project: Teacher4.0 - comprehensive method of implementation of Industry 4.0
                                concept into didactic practice in primary and secondary schools

               Social media is computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and
               information through the building of virtual networks and communities. By design, social media is
               internet-based and gives users quick electronic communication of content which includes personal
               information, documents, videos, and photos. Users engage with social media via computer, tablet or
               smartphone via web-based software or web application, often utilizing it for messaging.

               Nowadays social media is widely used at school mostly for communication: staying connected with
               students, fellow teachers, checking e-mail and posting news/ notifications. Also, for organizing the
               educational process online.

               There are many forms of social media. The most popular social media websites (2019) are as follows:

               Facebook (2.27 B (billion users))
               YouTube (1.9B)
               WhatsApp (1.5B)
               Facebook Messenger (1.3B)
               WeChat (1.08B)
               Instagram (1B)
               QQ (803M (millions))
               QZone (531M)
               Douyin/Tik Tok (500M)
               Sino Weibo (446M)
               Zoom (10 M in December, 2019, 300 M in April, 2020)

               Social media refers to websites and applications which are designed to allow people to share content
               quickly. Most social media apps (Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, Viber, Signal, Telegram, etc.) allow
               sharing private messages, however, it is important to make that the conversations are secure. To do
               so, it is advised to make sure that the content is encrypted, which means that only the sender and
               the recipient can read them. Some social media websites such as Signal and Telegram are end-to-end
               encrypted, whereas email, Facebook Messenger, Twitter direct messages, private messages on
               forums etc. - are not encrypted by default. That means the provider of the service (or someone
               breaking into your account) can read them and could if required hand them over to law
               enforcement. In order to safeguard the conversations, encryption should be turned on manually by
               the users themselves. Guidelines on how to make the messenger safe, are available below:

               How to make your Facebook Messenger conversations secure by encrypting them

               How to make Facebook Messenger as secure as possible

               One of the biggest hazards of social media is cyberbulling. Students may be cyberbullied on their
               phones, computers, and other digital devices. It is difficult to identify it and intervene. Nevertheless,
               every teacher should familiarize themselves with the most common types of cyberbulling in order to
               protect their students from its upsetting effects.



                                               This  project  has  been  funded  with  support  from  the  European
                                               Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the
                                               author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
                                               use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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