Privacy plays a huge role in social networks. Many users feel
like their personal data is safe on social networking sites because they have
set high levels of security settings. According to Jung, social networks
encourage people to be more public about their personal lives. Although some
social networks allow people to control who can view their posts, some people
forget they have control over their posts or they have difficulty controlling
their posts.
Privacy is a huge
problem for young people. Young people are too open and public with personal
information on social networks. Most of these young people don’t read the
website’s privacy policies and may be unaware that their information is at risk
of disclosure to third parties like advertisers. When a user is too open with
personal information, it can affect their opportunities with employment and
recruitment to their dream college. Employers and college admission recruiters
review the candidate’s Facebook profile or twitter before hiring or accepting
the candidate. Chances are if the employers or college admission recruiters
find something negative on the candidate’s profile, they won’t offer the
candidate an opportunity.
The problems privacy brings on social
networks pushes people to think twice before they post something online. Once something
is published, it's there forever, whether or not they delete it. People incidentally
use social networks as an outlet to say what’s on their mind and post pictures
of everything they do. With this outlet, people fail to realize that their
private and personal lives are now public. Users should consider adjusting
their privacy settings. Users can also consider changing the account name to their
first and middle name, so they can protect themselves.
Work Cited
Beres, Damon. Reader's Digest. N.d. April 4,
2014. From http://www.rd.com/slideshows/negative-effects-of-social-media/
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