# Filter Your Email

## Email Filter
NUNews Rule

Messages from Mom and Dad rule

## Fake News
It's easy to believe that the positive effects of growing up in the constantly evolving digital age outweigh any potential negative effects, because that is exactly what we are told. We rely on the internet for everything: unanswered questions, trending news, recipes, and entertainment- just to name a few. What is not advertised as heavily, however, are the countless ways the internet has adapted its results to always keep us interested, happy, and coming back for more. Filter bubbles discuss the concept that our ideas have been distorted based on our search history, ultimately causing self-induced propaganda instead of unbiased facts. This misrepresentation has made its way out of small-scale blogs and into political elections and vaccine rollouts. Our democracy relies on an equally informed society in order to make government decisions, yet these filter bubbles make that nearly impossible. No matter what one believes, there is a corner of the internet with people who share those same ideas. At what point does embracing our different views and allowing freedom of speech become dangerous when in the wrong hands?

"First impressions matter."
When people are presented with facts that may contradict their personal opinions, they will try to convince themselves **harder**. Instead of taking the opportunity to have a growth mindset and integrate the knowledge in a healthy way, people usually choose to ignore other perspectives and focus on their own. Hence the importance of first impressions and holding larger social media companies responsible for what is shared on their sites. Facebook, for example, has been known to show content that is both "fake news" and heavily leaning in the direction of its user's views. But, just like everything in life, money reigns supreme. Social media and website creators would rather continue to spread false information if it meant a few more bucks in their own pocket. No matter which way we spin it, financial gain will always be an underlying factor contributing to the expansion of "fake news." And, just as disappointingly, no one is brave enough to change it.