Challenges Posed By The Social Media

The increasing use of social media poses following challenges:

  • Lack of Privacy: Most people believe the age of privacy is now over and are, apparently, unconcerned about the data that is captured about them.
  • Radicalisation of the Youth: Terrorist groups take advantage of social media radicalise youth and coordinate with them for fundraising activities illicit activities sources such as drug smuggling.
  • Echo Chambers, Polarisation and Hyper-partisanship: In many ways, the design of certain social media platforms mirrors the growing volume of partisan media in traditional channels.
  • As they increasingly become a primary distribution channel, social media platforms create bubbles of one-sided information ....
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