Staying Safe On Social | A Conversation With Anthony Coggins | Your Everyday Cyber With Limor Kessem And Diana Kelley

Social media, a fun way to share photos of the kids and pets or toxic soup of misinformation? Anthony Coggins, Director of Social Media at West Michigan Cloud Security Alliance explains.

Social media, it’s a household staple, but it’s not all fun photos - governments are concerned about how social use has impacted everything from privacy to election outcomes to mental health. Our guest explains what’s been shaking social media up these days and shares ways you can stay safer on your favorite platforms. Conversation highlights:

• Most popular social platforms
• Identifying misinformation and conspiracy theories
• How to determine if data and research are real or made-up
• Why Google & YouTube were fined 170m USD for violating children’s privacy laws
• Privacy considerations when using social
• Why social activity is causing mental health issues in some users
• How social algorithms work to keep you engage and sometimes enraged
• Finsta explained

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Guest
Anthony Coggins
On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/secopsandhops/
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/SecOps_and_Hops

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Hosts
Limor Kessem
On ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/limor-kessem

Diana Kelley
On ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/diana-kelley

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Resources
Leaks just exposed how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teen girls and, well, everyone: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/facebook-instagram-zuckerberg-teenagers

UMich researchers study effects of social media use on young children, report parent concerns: https://www.michigandaily.com/research/umich-researchers-study-effects-of-social-media-use-on-young-children-report-parent-concerns/

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