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

With the rapid development of the
Internet
, people start socializing online. Some argued that socializing online has placed a negative impact
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both personally and socially. In my opinion, I totally agreed with
this
statement.
To begin
with, many youngsters and adults who browse
the
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social networking sites frequently are more likely to addict to the
Internet
and
hence
ignore
the
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reality. The addiction will weaken their real-life socialization skill as well as
communication
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skill.
Moreover
, more cyber crimes have been committed
such
as
internet
fraud and sexual crimes by acting to be your friends or developing a virtual love relationship which cost you not only money but
also
personal information and photos.
On the other hand
, these online social platforms are widely used and allow users to leave comments freely, without any
further
responsibilities,
hence
, more and more inappropriate languages and negative ideas could be easily spread.
This
phenomenon may lead to cyber-bully and even physical violence.
Furthermore
, due to
this
responsibility-free
internet
,
public
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can spread fake information and news online which sometimes negatively influenced the real world,
for example
, during the pandemic, some public spread out information about the shortage of toilet paper has caused
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unreasonable chaos in supermarkets that all people went crazy in buying toilet papers. In conclusion, if social networking sites are used wisely, they could be a very useful tool to meet new friends and communicate with different groups of people.
However
, in
this
modern society,
this
tool, used wrongly, has placed a negative impact on individuals and society.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • social isolation
  • virtual interactions
  • mental health
  • feelings of inadequacy
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • misinformation
  • destabilize
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • productivity
  • foster connections
  • educational content
  • social activism
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