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This week on NewsDepth:
Wildfires in California are some of the most destructive the state has ever seen.
How do animals adapt to cold weather? Margaret tells us how animals keep their cool.
Wildlife officials are worried about the bird flu.
And social media company Meta updates their fact checking protocols.
Commerce (noun): The buying and selling of goods in a large scale
Torpor (noun): Milder version of hibernation
Migrating (verb): When animals move from one region to another according to the seasons
Waterfowl (noun): Aquatic birds like ducks, swans, and geese
Conglomerate (noun): A corporation of several different, sometimes unrelated, businesses
Brain Rot (noun): The feeling you get after spending long hours scrolling the internet
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta is making significant adjustments to its content review policies.
Meta's CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg says their fact checking protocol might’ve disrupted free speech, but also acknowledges the new policy could let more harmful content on to its platforms.
For our Write-To-Us this week, we want to know: How can social media content affect others?
Students can use our inbox form online or send us an email to newsdepth@ideastream.org to send us their answers.
Some people like binge scrolling through internet content. but could that be doing damage to our brains? Medical experts say it can cause what’s referred to as ‘brain rot."
For this week’s poll, we want to know: Do you use social media?
You can choose between: Yes, I use it every day. Yes, I sometimes use social media. Or No, I am not on social media
