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

Social networking
sites
has
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been widely used and followed by everyone
though
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it be a kid, youngster or
old aged
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professional. Social
media
has become part of our everyday routine. where it is often argued that social
media
usage
has its positive
aspect
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in terms of increasing opportunities
as well as
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source of entertainment.
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I believe that both
individuals
as well as
society are badly affected by the
usage
of social
media
platforms.
Firstly
, the
usage
of social networking
sites
is a complete waste of time and
efforts
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.
In other words
, it has grabbed us badly in our everyday lives as
individuals
use Facebook for countless hours without any purpose but the watching of videos and continuous scrolling has not only negatively shifted their focus from work/ studies but
also
badly manipulated the society norms and values.
For example
, in a recent research of developing
countries
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it is evident that students waste 70% of their free time on
usage
of social
media
sites
instead
of focusing on productive
activities
.
In addition
to
this
, increasing
usage
of Facebook has led people to be involved in unethical and criminal
activities
such
as robbery,
snatching
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and snatching
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of other belongings since these negative videos and
activities
are being watched by people which
trigger
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individuals
to act the same in their life.
For instance
, many young
individuals
in Asian countries left their
job
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jobs
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and started earning the
live hood
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through house robbery and street snatching. All in all, social networking
sites
has
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immensely
grasp
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us since it is considered a waste of time and
efforts
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and
also
increasing
usage
of social
media
platforms will influence
the
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illegal
activities
.
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  • 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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