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.