Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People Living in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar Section 2: Online safety 4. Do you think young people are safe online? a. Have you or someone you know experienced any online dangers? (i.e. scams, online predators, etc.?) 5. Are parents, teachers or other responsible adults, able to help young people to navigate dangers online? a. For example: teach them how to block a harassing account or report 18+ content? b. For example: stay away from dangers including targeting from online predators for sex, recruitment, and trafficking. Section 3: Fake news and propaganda 6. What kinds of news and information are youth most interested in, or do searches online for? Follow-up: What kinds of news sources do youth use most often? 7. To what extent do young people seem to trust what they see and read on social media? 8. What do you think makes information on social media trustworthy for youth? (i.e. news source, number of shares/likes, types of content, fancy graphics?) 9. Do you think seeing fake news affects young people’s understanding of the political or conflict context in which they live? In what ways? 10. What do young people do when they see fake news? 11. What strategies do you think youth use to verify information that they see online? 12. Do you think youth are able to differentiate between fake news and real news? To what extent? 13. Do youth understand the concept of “bias” in news? Or propaganda? 14. Do young people have any behaviours that promote fake news unintentionally? 15. Are there individuals/influencers that they seem to trust? Section 4: Hate Speech & Harassment 16. What are the experiences of youth regarding harassment on social media? a. Have you ever been asked to intervene in cases of cyber bullying? 130

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