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?
A lot of
people
in today's world believe that social sites such
as Facebook
have negatively impacted both individuals and society. I totally believe this
statement because it serves as a distraction to a lot of people
to tend to focus on their work or studies but are unable to. This
essay will discuss the negative impacts and a conclusion thereafter
.
Firstly
, to begin
with, I agree with people
who believe that social media sites such
as Facebook
have caused a huge distraction in people
's lives over the years, as people
tend to spend their day surfing profiles. Therefore
, this
reduces the global output as people
keep on procrastinating their work and as a result
achieve very less per day. For example
, there was an article published in a newspaper which states that heavily increased usage of Facebook
leads to fraudulent activities. As a result
, people
come into the trap and invest their crucial time and money.
Secondly
, online applications have created opportunities for fraudulent individuals to set up a trap for common people
. In addition
, this
affects the individuals and sometimes they tend to lose their valuable items and even get blackmailed. For instance
, there was a report in the Sun newspaper showed that over 300 billion dollars were lost to cyber theft worldwide. Thus
, a special warning should be raised to people
not to disclose their personal information and stay alert to such
traps.
In conclusion, Facebook
does not only have a negative impact but also
a positive impact too, it allows you to talk to people
sitting in a different country. It also
, helps you keep in touch with your friends and family and at the same time avails cybercriminals activities such
as blackmailing, sending unnecessary links, and setting up traps to earn people
's hard earned
money.Add a hyphen
hard-earned
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