ReThink the Internet: How to Make the Digital World a Lot Less Sucky

ReThink the Internet: How to Make the Digital World a Lot Less Sucky
ISBN-10
0593352831
ISBN-13
9780593352830
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2022-05-31
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Trisha Prabhu

Description

Stop hate. Promote Kindness. Be an Upstander. ReThink the Internet. Do you have to ask someone’s permission before posting their photo? How can you tell if something on the internet is true? What should you do if you see someone bullying a friend online (or #IRL)? In a series of fun stories, innovator, inventor, social entrepreneur and upstanding digital citizen, Trisha Prabhu, goes through the hows, the whats, an the whys of digital citizenship, showing readers how to lead with kindness and stop internet hate. For people who are just getting their first phone to others who have been scrolling, swiping, clicking and posting for years, this book makes us all think what our role is in the digital world and how, together, we can make it a force for good.

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