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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Fallacies in Social Media Sites
Research 5 different fallacies that you see in social media. Screenshot and paste the
picture here. Identify what kind of fallacy is represented in the picture and explain.
Note: Do not forget to copy and paste the source of the picture. Save your file as PDF.

1. UN concerned about Afghan women's rights under Taliban

- The human rights are not equal and applied in this situation.
UN concerned about Afghan women's rights under Taliban | Philstar.com

2. Blaming the Democrats

- The logic used in this Twitter thread is that Democrats are the cause for riots and
racist police brutality because the leadership in those cities and states are largely
Democratic. While this could be the case, the data shared in this tweet only
establishes correlation, not causation. There are many other possible explanations
for how both facts can be true without one causing the other.

- https://twitter.com/428Panda/status/1278389214988689408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%
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3. Cyber Bullying

- harassment cyberbullying through chat which one group of young people is body
shaming one guy.

The persistent bombardment of negative, hurtful, or threatening messages through

text messages, or on a social media platform. Harassment attempts to wear down a
victim with repeated threats and insults. Occasionally this form of cyberbullying
manifests itself in a group setting with one member of a chat group becoming the
target of hurtful messages, or through the victim’s private messages being shared in
a group setting.

Category:Cyberbullying - Wikimedia Commons

4. Sexism

https://twitter.com/brianmatildo1/status/1220708170051407873

https://twitter.com/nicholemoldes/status/1220700362467762182/photo/2

The issue was posted on Facebook/ Twitter

Issue: Trivialization of human sexuality, Promoting Rape/ Sexualism

-one of the influencers “Leng” modelled for a clothing line which is Kain Pepe Clothing line,

the design of the T-shirts is disgusting that shows a illustration of women’s private part.

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5. Disability discrimination

Getty Images – Patriot Power (ogsd.net)

These disabled children are getting bullied, mistreated, and harassed for being different
than others? We are all different in our own way, but some people must pick on those who are
weaker or seem weaker than them to make themselves feel better. This has not only happened
with disabilities; in the past it has also happened in other ways.

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