Social Media and Privacy

Today social media has become a huge part of our everyday lives. Social media has brought about great opportunities and allows for people to interact and stay in contact with people they may have never spoken to again. Social media can also be detrimental to some people if they are not smart about what they post. If people post the wrong things they could lose out on a lot of opportunities that could be offered in their life time. Also when social media is used in the wrong way it can be used as a form of bullying and leads to high depression and suicide rates. Tyler Clementi, of Rutgers University served as a victim of social media bullying when a tape of him and his boyfriend went viral. Tyler later committed suicide and showed an example of the poor benefits of social media.

I Have Nothing to Hide

Today many people say that they have nothing to hide when they post things on the internet. This is an ignorant statement as when they think they are protected they are actually not. When people believe that by clicking the privacy tab they are protecting everything they post on the internet they are actually at risk. Anything anyone posts on the internet will and can be found by somebody somewhere. Many people post things online on social media and don't realize the risk they are putting themselves at. When many people today apply for jobs the people go through their social media to make sure they would be a secure and reliable worker. People may think their posts are private on their social media but in reality anyone can view. In that case many people could lose out on the job opportunity and put themselves at risk when they don't even realize it.

Against many other people I believe that these privacy policies are beneficial for our country. Many people out there are planning to do poor things to our country and we are at risk of a terrorist attack at any time. By having these privacy policies it allows for our government to protect the people and make a our country a safe and secure place. Many people believe that these policies are an invasion to our privacy but it is in our best benefit to allow for the best protection we can.

Today's Generation and Technology

Today's Generation and Technology
In today's generation we see a large connection between the younger generation and technology. Everyone in the younger generation is completely addicted to technology and relies on it for every day activities. If someone lost their computer or phone they feel as though they can not function throughout the day. Yes, technology is good for our society and has been beneficial in many instances but at times it has brought down our society. The technology today allows for people to hide behind their phones or computer and they lose or never even gain social skills. Our world today has lost social skills through the impact of technology and it is detrimental to the future. Technology has been very impactful on our society but in some instances we see a poor impact on the rest of society.