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80% of the world does not have access to an internet that is 100% uncensored.

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We like to think that the internet offers a free exchange of ideas, but the fact remains that most governments are in control of what the average person can see online.

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A 2007 study asked 9,282 English-speaking Americans about a variety of mental health conditions, including eating disorders.

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The results, published in Biological Psychiatry, found that 0.9% of women and 0.3% of men had anorexia during their life.

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“Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn’t obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness became attractive, girls did unnatural things to be thin.” - Mary Pipher

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The latest social media statistics show that there are 3.78 billion social media users worldwide in 2021. That equates to about 48% of the current world population.

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With over 2.32 billion active monthly users, Facebook remains the most widely used social media platform.

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Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults (68%) now report that they are Facebook users (Pewinternet, 2018).

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84% of US adults aged from 18 to 29 are active social media users (Pew Research Center, 2021). This number falls slightly to 81% for the 30- to 49-year-old age group and further to 73% for those aged from 50 to 64.

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Young adults continue to be the generation with the highest use of social media and also the broadest access to smartphones.

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The older generation, on the other hand, are more likely to be using tablets.

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Facebook has been shaping the social media landscape since its launch and is continually evolving to meet its user’s needs.

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Interestingly, Facebook was also the first-ever social network to surpass the one billion active user mark, reaching this milestone in the third quarter of 2012.

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73% of marketers believe that their efforts through social media marketing have been “somewhat effective” or “very effective” for their business (Buffer, 2019).

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54% of social browsers use social media to research products (GlobalWebIndex, 2018).

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More buyers are joining social media networks and looking for reviews and recommendations.

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Instagram is the second most popular social media platform after Facebook.

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Almost 50% of the new sign ups for Pinterest in 2018 were men.

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A fake news website can spread fake news faster than real news.

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Social media allows brands to access cost-effective marketing, interact with their audience, and build brand loyalty.

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Chain emails became popular in the early 2000s.

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"When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real." - Jimmy Gomez

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“Alternative facts and fake news are just other names for propaganda” - Johnny Corn

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“The only difference between being uninformed and misinformed is that one is your choice and the other is theirs.” - Frank Sonnenberg

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"Like Trump, I would say that fake news is distributed 24 hours a day." - Matteo Salvini

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“Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun.”
Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO