Don't Fall for Fake

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Across
  1. 4. False, meaning that the action or message is designed to fool, trick or lie to someone.
  2. 7. Believable meaning that someone who is credible uses evidence, and you can be confident they are telling the truth.
  3. 9. The reason that someone does something or their intention.
  4. 13. False information.
  5. 14. Words or actions intended to be cruel or hurtful. This word can also refer to harmful software intended to do damage to a person’s device, account, or personal information.
  6. 15. A person who is known for regularly posting short videos on a blog or social media.
  7. 19. Able to be relied on to do what is right or what is needed.
Down
  1. 1. Creating a fake identity or account online to trick people into friending them or sharing their personal information.
  2. 2. A keyword, set of keywords or a question you type into a search window (or box) to find information online. Sometimes a search takes more than one query to find what you’re looking for.
  3. 3. Content that attracts attention and could push you to click on a link to a certain site by using interesting formatting or catchy phrases.
  4. 5. Special skill or knowledge about a particular thing; experts have expertise.
  5. 6. An attempt to scam you or trick you into sharing your login or other personal information online. Phishing is done through email, social media, texts, ads or web pages that look similar to ones you’re already used to but are fake.
  6. 8. False information intended to trick or mislead you.
  7. 10. A dishonest attempt to make money by tricking people into sharing their login, personal info, contacts, etc. or tricking people out of their money or digital property.
  8. 11. Facts or examples that prove something is true or false.
  9. 12. Someone or something that provides information.
  10. 16. A phishing scam where an attacker targets you more specifically by using pieces of your own personal information.
  11. 17. Willing to question claims of truth.
  12. 18. A word directly related to the topic of your Internet search—one of the words you really need to do your search because no other word describes your topic better.