Question

Facebook is currently the leading social network; everyday thousands of people use this network to socialize. However, this practice is not secure from criminal minded predators, and a person’s privacy can be easily invaded. Discuss three other social problems associated with the use of Facebook, and recommend a solution for each problem.

Answer 1

Facebook is both the  advantageous and disadvantageous social media platform.While using facebook,one should be cautious and beware of social media threats which might cause harm to personal information.Following are social problems associated with the use of facebook and their solutions:

• Problem:Usually few facebook users set their profile as public account.By setting this feature on,every other facebook user can have access to the profile where they can view our pictures,photographs.They can even know our qualification,likes,dislikes,etc.Cyber-criminals might blackmail you by using your photographs and personal details.This is the biggest disadvantage of facebook. Solution:One can switch on their account to private account.With the help of this feature,only selected people can be added as friends and only they can view pictures,details.No other person who is not added as friend do not have access to view our profile.
• Problem:Another major disadvantage of facebook is the damage caused by cyber criminals.They usually create fake accounts or hack our facebook account.These fake users try to gather sensitive information like bank details,etc.Then they tend to use bank account with the available details.While hackers,hack the account and gain access to operate our account.By hacking,they may upload any kind of photographs,text any person through hacked account. Solution:One should report to cyber police and should give details about the particular fake account.If possible,victim should produce evidences which prove the crime.To solve the problem of getting hacked,one should create a strong password,so that hacker will find it difficult to hack the account.Password should be changed oftenly and one should click log out of other devices after changing password.This will help us from cyber criminals and hackers.
• Problem:Social media obsession is increasing tremendously.This is causing harm to personal life and is disturbing mental health of a facebook user.If a user gets obsessed with facebook,then he/she cannot concentrate on personal activities and will not attentive in real world.They'll put on a habit where they will keep checking their facebook account oftenly for notifications and text messages. Solution:Person who is obsessed with facebook,should quit using facebook too often.He/she should even practice enjoying real world than spending time on virtual world like facebook.One should communicate with people in person by trying to reduce fake relations.This will solve the problem to some extent.

Hence these are problems associated with facebook.They tend to cause huge damage to person's sensible information.There are many preventive methods.Even if problem occurs,it can be solved to a certain extent.