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It’s time to ban social media. It has been shown that it has made life worse for people all over the world, from politics, to self-image, to the spread of disinformation. It is a social experiment that has not worked and it is time to say goodbye.To what extent do you agree with the above statement?

#it’s #time #ban #media #life #people #world #politics #self-image #spread #disinformation #experiment #goodbye
Social
media
 is a
platform
 where
people
 connect and communicate. It made our
life
 easier, more convenient and better. But it
also
 has
bad
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 impact on our
life
. Many
people
 think that we should ban social
media
 due to how bad it is. For me, I do not agree that social
media
 should be
ban
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. Social
media
 is important for our
life
. Our
life
 is improved by it. Social
media
 is a
platform
 where
people
 can share
information
 with each other. You can upload, post
information
 onto the
platform
. Other
people
 can see what you put on there, comment on it.
People
 can communicate through messages as well, no matter where they are. You can make friends with other
people
 online and talk to them. Not just that you can even catch up to the latest news of what is happening around you. By joining groups, following accounts; you can find
people
 with the same interest, catching up to the newest
information
. Since there
is
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 social
media
,
people
's
life
 is more convenient Despite the advantage of social
media
, it
also
 has bad effects on
people
's
life
. Many
people
 use it for a long time. Some
people
 are even addicted.
People
 are impacted by it in other ways too. Since
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anything
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any thing
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 can be put online, there are many things that could happen.
People
 get envious of others online, mad at
information
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 they see. But, that's not the case. Social
media
 may make your
life
 more troublesome but it does not mean it would
ruins
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 it. Most of the time,
people
 are
as
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at
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fault
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. They upload, read and comment on social
media
. They are the
one
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 who
use
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uses
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 social
platform
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, not the
platform
 that draws them in.
Instead
 of banning social
media
,
people
 should be more aware of what
you
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 are doing. Social
media
 is compulsory for everyday
need
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. It helps you in many ways.
People
 should not blame it for worsening their
life
 and ban them.
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