Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology. In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development?

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technology
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has enormously changed the mode of interaction between people.
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technology
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the technology
it is difficult to differentiate between a fake and a loyal person and it is an unwelcome development because it leads to a sedentary lifestyle, especially in youth.
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has a deep impact on relations people have these days. In the past, people used to make friends who are loyal to each
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nowadays most of the people make relationships on social networking sites.
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, it is hard to believe that the person is reliable or trustworthy because many people assume fake identities on social media and betray innocent people.
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2017, in the United Kingdom,
cyber-crime
crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
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investigation unit caught a gang who
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of threatening people after making them friends, these criminals demand ransom because of holding their personal data. With the advancements in
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, people are living a desk-bound lifestyle, with no healthy activity.
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, when there were no inventions, youngster makes friends and spend time with a friend playing sports and doing healthy activities but these days they make friends on Facebook, Instagram, and on others socializing websites.
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, they play online games with their friends behind closed doors and spend most of their
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in front of screens which results in obesity.
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, New York Times published a report about a survey conducted on locals aged between 15-30 with increased body masses in which 65% of them stated that they spend most of their time in front electronic devices. To conclude,
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has shaken the trust level
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relationships and nowadays people are afraid to make friends online and it is a negative development because eventually, it leads to several bad consequences.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • technology
  • interact
  • relationships
  • connectivity
  • communication
  • online
  • face-to-face
  • friendships
  • romantic relationships
  • family dynamics
  • positive
  • negative
  • development
  • effects
  • formation
  • ease
  • impacts
  • communities
  • connect
  • interaction
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