Social media considerations/ issues

  1. Technology addiction: 

In nowadays many people are facing many problems from overuse and/or misuse technology in general, e.g. social media. This generation including children, youth and adults is facing a huge problem with their social communication as they relate better to their devices than to human beings. 

https://www.ementalhealth.ca/World/Technology-Issues-including-Internet-Cellphone-Social-Media-Addiction/index.php?m=heading&ID=77 

2. Privacy: 

The threats of privacy on social media in becoming bigger by time, this is because anytime anyone creates an account on any platform they give enough information about themselves in which it could make other people (hackers/criminals) to take advantage of. These personal information could be, name, date of birth, geographic location, and personal interest. In order to avoid any social media - privacy issues try to skip proving lots pf personal information to an organisation or an account if you don’t fully trust them.  

https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/key-social-media-privacy-issues-2020 

3. Cyberbullying: 

Some people use social media to threaten and humiliate other people causing them to feel less and having bad feeling, such as anxiety, fear, depression and low self-esteem. Cyberbullying is a real social media issue, for that exact reason, there are multiple of offices that work to take control of bullies. This is to decrease the number of children/youth/adults who experience cyberbullying in their lives and help them to overcome it. 

https://www.playbytherules.net.au/got-an-issue/social-media/social-media-issues