When children start to abuse the convenience of the internet by harassing other people, the internet becomes very dangerous. What makes cyber bullying so dangerous? Cyber bullying is dangerous because it has the ability to take the smallest incident and build up so much tension around it that it results in a murder or suicide. Some people may blame the victim for lacking self control and not being able to ignore the situation. Some people may claim it was just a joke and may blame the victim for being too sensitive or insecure.
Children and young people are at risk of bullying when using the internet, mobile phone and other technologies as it provides an anonymous method of bullying by way of text messages and emails which can be emotionally damaging to a child or young person. Racist, anti-social and cult groups use modern technologies to preach and spread what they are and what they stand for, leaving children and young people very venerable to becoming part of their activity which is unhealthy, unsafe and often illegal. Children and young people are very venerable to predators of all natures using the internet and other technologies, by the encouragement of giving out personal information about them and others close to them, which will put not
There are many reasons to worry about it. This social media is hurting our society in such way that it causing harm to one’s privacy, it disseminates misinformation, and effect on student’s grade. It is clear that social media is hurting our society by putting one’s privacy and security at risk. In the article “Teens Privacy Is Threatened by Social Networking” author Peter Bazalgette said, “Can you truly delete entries from social networking sites with the confidence they no longer exist on a server somewhere? You cannot” (Bazalgette p.1).
Some disadvantages of social media are cyber bullying, harassment, and stalking. Social media can take damage and completely ruin a person’s reputation. Another major disadvantage to social media is the gps locater. Facebook now has a location tracker that shows where you are posting from. You have to go and turn off the locator function for it not to show where you are posting from.
Author Louis Kraft states that, social networking has taken too much control of our daily lives, to the point where it leads to people being envious and depressed (2011). Activities such as cyber bullying have been more prominent and have increased due to social media, resulting in many depressed victims. Also, terrorist groups, such as the Al-Qaeda and the Al-Shabbab, use social networks to spread messages of hate and violence, which may lead to religious conflict and fear in the world. It’s extremely unfortunate that a system that was supposed to bring us so close and working together has actually backfired into one that creates disruption. Likewise, the never ending use of social network causes people to get spend a lot of time, glued to their phones and other wireless devices, forgetting the importance of actual human to human contact.
By using the social media, web pages and purchasing advertisement banners McBride Finance Services pinpoint a particular group of people. “Web 2.0 social media applications such as Twitter and Facebook create new opportunities for firms to improve their internal operations and to collaborate in new ways with their customers, business partners, and suppliers” (Culnan, McHugh, & Zubillaga, 2010, p. 1). Advertising on the Internet can be tough; it may require the use of a consultant who specializes in Internet marketing. McBride Financial Services would benefit by starting off small when using the Internet market their services. Conclusion McBride Financial Services provides a require service for anyone that is in the market for a residence or recreational property.
However, with the advancement in technology and its wide use, a new type of bullying has developed, cyberbullying, which is when a person uses technology and/or electronic devices to bully another person, typically by sending messages or posting comments of an intimidating or threatening nature. What makes cyber-bullying much more dangerous than regular bullying is that because if it on the internet, it will stay there for a long time and for everyone to see. What’s worse, is that the bully can easily hide under a different name or profile, making it harder to find out who is responsible in terms of facing consequences. It is very important to delete cyberbullying because when teenagers begin to abuse the convenience of the internet to harass others, it creates a very dangerous environment that extends outside the classroom or school. When someone is being harassed or embarrassed online, it reaches far outside of their world, and strangers all
He exposes the negatives effects of online use consisting of people getting Cyber bullied, the false sense of connection people receive, and people’s lack of privacy. Social networking is just as available to predators
They break into our computer for several reasons but mainly to acquire personal information for financial gain, shut down hardware, steal people’s credit information, and destroy data. To protect ourselves from hackers, we should equip our computer with Firewall. This hardware “prevents unauthorized Internet users from accessing private information” (Williams & Sawyer, 2013, p. 361). Identity theft is a serious crime in which thieves steal your name and identity and use to later to make a purchase under your name. Thieves access your personal information by sending out fake e-mail, mining the trash, and stealing your
Hacking is a major issue in today’s society. While the normal response is to consider hackers a burden to society, as they are disruptive or invading the privacy of others, there are multiple forms of hacking. The hacking method discussed throughout this paper is hacktivism: hacking with a purpose of advocating or proving a point. Through hacktivism, individuals are able to manipulate security in order to make the public aware of their agenda, good or bad. The methods used by an activist are considered harmful or helpful to society depending on the format, message, and other various factors that surround the willingness of an activist to prove his or her point.