1) Be aware of your online safety.

Have safe and secure passwords, activities to avoid at night, and regularly check your emails for threats. 

2) Monitor your social media sharing.

Be aware of the privacy policies of each social media site and be sure to follow them when commenting or sharing content on those sites. Also, be careful about oversharing, as you may accidentally share details about yourself to internet strangers that might compromise your safety. 

3) Create a cyber-security plan to avoid being attacked online. 

You may have to create your own cyber-security plan in order to protect yourself from cyber-attacks by other individuals or organizations. This can be time consuming and expensive, but it is an important step in protecting yourself online.

1) Ad Hominem

The ad hominem fallacy involves bringing negative aspects of an arguer, or their situation, to bear on the view they are advancing.

2) False Dichotomy

In false dichotomy, the arguer sets up the situation so it looks like there are only two choices. The arguer then eliminates one of the choices, so it seems that we are left with only one option: the one the arguer wanted us to pick in the first place.

3) Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

This is a conclusion that assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'

4) Straw Man

In this logical fallacy, the arguer sets up a weak version of the opponent’s position and tries to score points by knocking it down. But just as being able to knock down a straw man (like a scarecrow) isn’t very impressive, defeating a watered-down version of your opponent’s argument isn’t very impressive either.

5) Slippery Slope

The arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take place, but there’s really not enough evidence for that assumption. The arguer asserts that if we take even one step onto the “slippery slope,” we will end up sliding all the way to the bottom; he or she assumes we can’t stop partway down the hill.