Topic > Positive and Negative Effects of Social Media - 731

Any information you post on social media causes sexual predators to get that person's contact details. Many sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter provide protection to users and prevent sexual crimes, such as rape or child sexual abuse. “Following congressional hearings on online sexual predators, MySpace hired a security czar to improve the site's protections for young users” (28). Today's world is not safe for us to give out our personal information to anyone. Many sexual predators track what you do every day, where you go to school, or what time you do what, everything is updated so they can catch you. Young people must know how to be aware of their surroundings so as not to end up in problems. Many times teenagers don't know what they are doing and end up where there is no way out. You are helpless and cannot call anyone for emergencies. Stay focused on everything and be smart outside too