Social Media Threatens Its Users' Privacy?

HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THREATENED THE PRIVACY OF ITS USERS? DISCUSS.

Privacy is defined as the state of being free from public attention. So with that definition, we can all agree that social media strips one off of their privacy. Now, whether social media is the sole cause of the risk its users face is a whole other topic. In most cases, risks, whether people know it or not, is something that they themselves take.

Indeed, social media is a platform where people can expose their vulnerabilities to the world wide web. By doing this, by showing the internet a vulnerable side, they’ve taken the risk of being exposed and continued on anyway.

It is 100% manageable and possible for one to enjoy the benefits and connections that social medias provide them with without unknowingly exposing themselves to the cyberbullies or hackers that lurk around. Simple actions such as not using their full name on profiles will eradicate the possibility of people looking them up and uncovering their background. For example, their full name might lead to their number, which could very well lead to their home address, and that would be an unforgiveable threat to users’ privacy. This further proves how small adjustments made by users themselves such as remembering to keep your full name hidden will prevent an entire chain of reactions from possibly occurring.

Opponents of my view might contend that nothing good can come out of social medias, that social medias are merely platforms saturated with negativity and potential threats. While it is true that social media is a platform where harm can occur in, it is completely naïve and absurd to blame the threats and risks people face solely on social media.

There’s a popular saying, “blame the player, not the game” and it sums up the entirety of this point perfectly. People get so wrapped up and they think “if social medias didn’t exist we wouldn’t be facing this problem right now.” While completely forgetting...