ESSAY DISADVANTAGES ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS

INTRODUCTION

The greatest dangers of social networks for people are cyberbullying, grooming,
sexting and addiction, which, without adequate cybersecurity education, makes them
more vulnerable. The most popular social networks among children and youth are
Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and SnapChat, and each one is governed by a
series of conditions of use; In addition, each social network offers tools to ensure
privacy and data security, but they must be configured, and this is basically what we
know as cybersecurity.

DISADVANTAGES ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS

● Grooming: It is the intentional deception of an adult towards a child or

adolescent, through social networks or ICT (information and communication
technologies) with the purpose of exercising some form of sexual violence.

● Sexting:The term sexting refers to sending scantily clad images of

themselves or friends in erotic positions via cell phones, computers with
cameras, or electronics. another device

● Cyberbullying: happens
When a child or adolescent is tormented, threatened, humiliated or assaulted
in any way by another child or adolescent using the Internet, telephones or
other digital technologies.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, social networks will always have risks, especially in adolescents and
children who do not know how to use them, and they must be careful because there
are many cases of deaths and health problems due to social networks such as
grooming, sexting, cyberbullying. among others