There
are many dangers which show themselves on social media:
Cyberbullying:
Sometimes
people just can’t leave well enough alone. As an extension of regular bullying
Cyberbullying exists only online and mostly in social media. Most victims are
children and young adults. They general consensus is to tell the child just to
block said bully but getting hit in the face by one stone is just as bad, even
to see just one hateful message still hurts a child’s feelings deeply. It’s a
true issue that needs to be addressed or at least an effort being made to have
an environment where a child is safe from bullies or.
Grooming:
With
social media came the realisation of many parents’ worst fears. An environment
where anyone can be anything it becomes unsurprising that predators would stalk
their pray in such a biome. It has led to much criticism of sites like Facebook
as it isn’t hard to pose as a child, befriend another and try to organise a
meeting. Despite the severe jail time involved Grooming doesn’t seem to show
much sign of stopping any time soon.
Oversharing
While
to most users people who overshare are a mild annoyance but occasionally it
becomes dangerous. Like posting that you are going on holiday for two whole
weeks! Where your house could be robbed by someone who is your ‘friend’ on a
social media profile.
IP Theft
On
social media businesses especially smaller ones can fall victim to having their
content stolen by another. Take for example the 2010 Mobile and Browser game
CandySwipe which was plagiarised by King Digital.
Another danger of using social media would be information in photos posted to your profile page. Sometimes people post photos of their house, street and friends onto social media without thinking about the consequences that might carry. Someone might see that you have some things of value in your home and find out where you live by looking at the photos you’ve posted and use that data to get an exact geological location of where the photos were taken.
ReplyDeleteAs with anything you do online, another danger of social media is hacking. If someone is able to hack one of your social media accounts they are able to use all the information already added to the account by the users, therefore allowing someone to commit a form of identity theft if they wish.
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