Many people believe that social networking sites like Facebook have had a negative impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

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Nowadays social
media
become so important for some
people
especially
Facebook
.
Hence
, there are lots of beliefs that
Facebook
had a negative impact
for
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ushers.
Facebook
was built for the purpose to get connected to other
people
or
to
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old friends.
However
, now
Facebook
has more functions than that. Some
people
try to get
benefit
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from
Facebook
and they like to send scams through social
media
. I absolutely agree with the statement and I will explain my point of view about
this
statement. Lots of
fraud
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fraudulent
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informations
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information
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are found
in
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on
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social
media
especially
in
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Facebook
. Their main purpose
are
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is
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to send invalid
information
or as known as "hoax" to innocent
people
so that victims trust
to
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them and forward
those fraud
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that fraud information
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information
to others
people
.
People
should be careful to use social
media
.
Every
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informations
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information
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that had been shared are not 100% valid
,
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so that it is important to know the validation of the
information
.
People
likely to share their personal
information
without knowing that it is risky.
For example
,
people
share their pictures on
Facebook
and on the picture showing their address, credit card number, etc. Scammers will see it as
opportunity
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an opportunity
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to
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them
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to steal their money through their credit card number.
People
should be careful
on
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how the pictures they wanted to share look like. If it is showing personal
information
, it is not
supppose
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supposed
suppose
to be shared so that it saves them from scammers.
Facebook
can be accessed
every
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devices
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device
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.
People
tend to use many devices to log in to their
Facebook
account. So that if they change their device and they forget to log out, a new hand user of their device still can access their
Facebook
account. In some cases, they will send wrong
informations
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information
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to their
Facebook
friends and ask for money. In terms of changing device, do not forget to always log out from
you
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your
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Facebook
account. In conclusion, as the internet now is so advanced and
people
nowadays are so smart about technology, it is important to protect our personal
information
from social
media
especially
Facebook
to avoid the problems that might happen in the future.
Lastly
, there are so many advantages and disadvantages of using social
media
especially
Facebook
, so
people
should be aware of these in order to avoid the negative impacts of being a user on social
media
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • erosion
  • face-to-face
  • interactions
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • misinformation
  • polarize
  • cyberbullying
  • online harassment
  • procrastination
  • productivity
  • social isolation
  • dissemination
  • breeding ground
  • vast amounts
  • personal information
  • mental health
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