Disadvantages:
- You can become a victim of cyber bullying easily and also you don’t exactly know who is on the other end of the chat. This sort of bullying has lead to suicide in the past and can be very dangerous to ones life. When you are communicating on the Internet you should always know who you are talking. [7]
- Social networking can get really addictive which will end up making you take time away from other activities that may be more important. It can also result in damaging your eyes due to looking at the screen of your device for too long. Social networking can also divert your attention away from things like education which can then later on affect you in life .
- Social networking magnifies into the aspect of the digital divide by pointing out the people who have the access to computer technology and those who don't, exacerbation other social inequities. This can often ostracise people within their own community and can also then lead to self harm.
- Having signed up to many social networking websites can compromise your privacy as most of your information may be up on your account leading to strangers finding out about you and you can end up with potential stalkers. Social networking can eventually limit your space for privacy and and even little bit of your information can be out to everyone you know and even people you don't know which didn't want happening.
- Social networking can be used in crimes such as you can use social networking websites to organise a crime with a large number of people. This can also attract other potential criminals. People will use social networking sites as a mean to gain the attraction of the generations youths and then engage them into criminal activities for their own benefit and good. [8]
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