A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you use social media?
2. What is a “like” button?
3. Do you share photos?
4. What is a popular app?
5. Do you chat with friends?
6. What is a fake account?
7. Do you watch short videos?
8. What is a news story?
9. Do you follow celebrities?
10. What is a private message?
11. Do you look at it every day?
12. What is a happy post?
13. Do you think it is fun?
14. What are three social media platforms?
15. Do you think it wastes time?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between social media and a website?
2. Why do people follow news from social media?
3. What are the good things and bad things about showing your life online?
4. How can people use social media to find a job?
5. Should children use social media without their parents’ permission?
6. Why is it important to check if a news story is true?
7. Do you think social media makes people feel more lonely?
8. What is the purpose of an influencer?
9. How does the number of “likes” affect a person’s self-esteem?
10. What is the difference between a public profile and a private profile?
11. Do you think social media affects elections?
12. What are the problems when people use social media for bullying?
13. When is the best time to stop using social media for a day?
14. What are two differences between good and bad online communication?
15. How does social media affect the way people shop?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely disconnecting during a social gathering?
2. How does the constant sharing of perfect images affect body image?
3. Should the government require all social media companies to protect user privacy?
4. What is the difference between sharing personal views and spreading rumors?
5. Do you believe that social media helps people find like-minded communities?
6. What are the challenges of having to manage an online personal brand?
7. How does the pressure to reply instantly affect communication quality?
8. What is the idea of a “filter bubble”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when companies use your data without asking clearly?
10. How does social media create new trends very quickly?
11. What are the steps for properly cleaning up (deleting) old, embarrassing posts?
12. What is the value of using social media for local political action?
13. Should public media criticize social media more often?
14. What are the reasons why some people delete all their social media accounts?
15. How does social media change the relationship between celebrities and their fans?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to appear successful or constantly busy online?
2. What are the moral problems when platforms encourage extreme or harmful content for profit?
3. How does constant scrolling affect a person’s attention span and focus?
4. Should people who are important in politics be allowed to block critics online?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of comparing your real life to others’ curated (edited) online lives.
6. Who is responsible for stopping the spread of dangerous misinformation on platforms?
7. What is your view on the practice of using heavily edited photos or filters?
8. Evaluate the role of social media in enabling large-scale social and political protests.
9. How does the business model of platforms rely on keeping users engaged for the longest time?
10. Discuss the concept of “digital citizenship” and its responsibilities.
11. What are the problems with having very different rules for free speech and hate speech?
12. What are the legal differences between online harassment and offline bullying?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of social media is mainly to sell data, not to connect people?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure children are protected from harmful online content?
15. How does the use of algorithms amplify extreme political views?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the profits from user data go only to the platform owners?
2. What is the right way to think about a platform’s moral duty to prevent the spread of harmful content?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of political views that become visible globally?
4. When should governments be allowed to temporarily shut down social media during a crisis?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using personal data for political targeting?
6. How does the focus on quick, short communication affect the quality of serious public debate?
7. Discuss the impact of social media on the mental health of teenagers worldwide.
8. How should leaders use social media to communicate transparently without falling into sensationalism?
9. What is the idea of “surveillance capitalism” and its relevance to platforms?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the main source of news is non-journalistic content?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a platform is responsible for the content posted by users?
12. How does the search for quick fame conflict with the need for authentic human connection?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the platform’s commitment to protecting free expression?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from a viral post that is slightly misleading?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time people must spend offline?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s true voice and their curated (edited) online persona?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all forms of anonymity on social media?
3. How does the concept of “community” change when it exists mainly through digital screens?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use algorithms to influence user behavior?
5. How do historical views of public squares and town halls affect modern ideas of online debate?
6. How can societies maintain factual truth when misinformation spreads faster than facts?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to regulate social media and allow the market to decide.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who are fired for controversial posts made on their private accounts?
9. How can we stop the problem of using platform features to organize hate campaigns?
10. What did old thinkers say about rhetoric, persuasion, and the public good that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human journalists if AI can perfectly generate and verify all news content?
12. How do people use the idea of “sharing my life” to avoid discussing the ethical issues of data harvesting?
13. How does the experience of a major online crisis improve a society’s digital literacy?
14. What is the power of international organizations to set global standards for platform content moderation?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, unbiased social network, how would that fundamentally change human politics?
