📖+10 XP
🎧+10 XP
✅+15 XP
Social media: help and harmCEFR A1
10 Nov 2025
Adapted from Safa, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Mariia Shalabaieva, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
69 words
- Social media helps people find information and groups.
- It gives support to marginalized people.
- It can also spread hate speech and lies.
- Algorithms show content that gets many clicks.
- Meta ended third-party fact-checking in January 2025.
- The company stopped some protections for LGBTQ+ users.
- AI can make realistic false images and texts.
- Some reporters use digital avatars for safety.
- Trust in news is falling among many people.
Difficult words
- media — Ways to share information and news.
- connect — To link or join with someone.
- information — Facts or details about something.
- friend — A person you like and trust.friends
- hurt — To cause pain or damage.
- share — To give part of something to others.
- bad — Not good or harmful.
- forget — To no longer remember something.
Tip: hover, focus or tap highlighted words in the article to see quick definitions while you read or listen.
Discussion questions
- How do you feel about social media?
- Can social media be helpful? Why or why not?
- What are some ways to find true information online?
Related articles
12 Nov 2025
11 Nov 2025
Victoria passes Australia’s first treaty with First Peoples
The State Parliament of Victoria passed Australia’s first formal treaty after ten years of work with traditional owners. The law creates three bodies and a fund and drew both support and strong opposition across politics and online.
21 Oct 2021
2 Dec 2025
20 Oct 2025