How to be Social Media Savvy” is a upcoming talk for adults in Malahide Library on Tuesday 4th November at 6pm and aims to help attendees gain an understanding of how social media platforms work and to stay safe from scams, disinformation and various “baiting” techniques.

The topics covered will be: What are the main social media platforms and who owns them? – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X. How do they make money? How social media companies use your data? How do social media platforms decide what you see on your feed (algorithms). How to see more of the content you wish to see and block unwanted content. What are disinformation, misinformation and malinformation? How to recognise disinformation/fake news. How to recognise our own biases. How to recognise various baiting techniques (e.g. click-bait/rage-bait). What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how is it used on social media? What are the different types of online scams? How to recognise scams online.

This talk will be of interest to anybody who uses social media themselves or parents of teens who use social media. If you are interested in attending please email malahidelibrary@fingal.ie or call 01 8704430 to book your place.