Social media is becoming increasingly popular amongst all age groups. However, sharing personal information on social media websites does have risks. Do you think that the advantages of social media outweigh the disadvantages?

Begininng

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Beginning

of

20th century

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the 20th century

saw an overwhelming increase in social media

use

across the world.The people from every age

groups

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group

are amongst the users of social media.

However

, there certain downsides to the

use

of social media.

Potentail risk

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The potential risk

Potential risk

of being exposed to hackers is one the main disadvantage.In my opinion

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there are more disadvantages to the

use

of social media than advantages and some of them are stated below.

Firstly

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Social media sites are very famous among the youth and it has been seen that youth

are spending

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is spending

more of their time indoors rather than outside playing and actively interacting with other people.It has serious psychological implications as youngsters are mostly confined to their homes and can potentially develop anxiety related disorders.

Secondly

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most of the social media

websites

have developed algorithms to keep people

interested but

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interested, but

sometimes

this

can cause

poeple

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

people

to spend long hours on these

websites

.Students often find it harder to concentrate on

there

of them or themselves

their

studies because they keep checking their social media accounts for newer updates. Most of these interactive

websites

have provided people with liberty to express their

views but

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views, but

it comes with its own risk. There is

pool

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a pool

of misinformation can sometimes result in

cofusion

disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

confusion

and chaos among communities.

Its

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It's

easier to

setup

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set up

fake accounts on online

websites

and there is no mechanism to run background checks on these accounts and criminals and terrorists can easily

use

these mediums for spreading and

progating

extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

projecting

their

ideolgies

an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

ideologies

ideologues

.Many of the terrorist organizations have undercover presence online.

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its

it is

it's

common practice among

poeple

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

people

to

potray

reveal unintentionally

betray

their good sides on their social

media which

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media, which

is not necessarily good or

bad but

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bad, but

with people spending more and more of their

time online they

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time online, they

often find it harder to cope with harsh and bitter realities of life

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All seems

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well

on these social

sites but

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sites, but

reality is often very different. In

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conclusion, I

conclusion I

would argue that even though there are some positives to the

use

the act of using

use

use

of social

media but

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media, but

disadvantages

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the disadvantages

far outweigh the advantages and widespread

use

of social media has serious social and practical drawbacks.