Negative Effects of Social Networking

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Identity theft and fraud are two bothersome concerns that have come out of social networking sites. There is potential for exposure to cyber crime including online predators. There is also a chance of people’s profiles being hacked for their e-mail addresses, name, location, age, and much other personal information that users give out so others can use them in performing illegal activities. There are also people who pretend to be somebody else and convince you that they are in for a business deal, ask to meet up with you, but the truth is they are there to rob you out of your money. When people lie about who they are, they may use deceiving pictures.

Cases of online harassment and stalking have also been a concern which falls into cyber bullying / harassment where younger people are vulnerable to. People who may have issues with you or for whatever reason can just search on your name and continuously stalk or harass you. In order to address this, users are allowed to report or block users that go out of bound. A few examples of some of the websites being used are Facebook, Myspace,...

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