Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have had a huge negative impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree?

Social networking sites

such

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as Facebook and Instagram have become increasingly popular around the world during the past decade, and almost everyone from young children to older adults has an account in

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social media.

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social networking sites are convenient and entertaining to use for the purpose of communication and obtaining information, I totally agree that individuals and

society

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have had some detrimental consequences from them. One negative impact on individuals is that they have changed the way people interact with others. In the past, people used to have more intimate relationships with friends and family, spending time and sharing the real experience together.

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, people became less interactive in recent years even though people keep their friendships online. I acknowledge the usefulness of these networking websites as they allow people to stay connected with each other around the clock and even with some distance, I still think that these connections are superficial and different to real friendships that people used to have in the past.

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, social networking sites

have weaken

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have weakened

the human relationships to some extent. Social media has caused a negative impact on our

society

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as well. One illustration of

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is the increasing incidence of cybercrime

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as phishing scams and identity theft.

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kind

of crime

are expected

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is expected

to increase more in the future along with the increases in social

netwroking

an interconnected system of things or people

networking

users.

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, some of the online communities on social networking sites are not suitable

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for

young-age users. In fact, there was an incident where a young

children

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child

was kidnapped by a man who the girl met through the social media.

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kind of crime is

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concerned

for both children and their parents, making the

society

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unsafe. In conclusion, despite the convenience of

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relating to human society and its members

social

networking sites, there are

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make a logical or causal connection

associated

associate

negative impacts on both individuals and

society

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. People should be aware of these consequences and use the social media

wisey

in a wise manner

wisely

.