Essay On Social Media Should Be Banned

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The impact of Social media
Should it be banned for all of us?
Today, social media involves sharing photos, video’s, stories and messaging via apps to communicate with others. Only Facebook has already 1.8 billion users, within this, on average, these users spend about 50 minutes per day on it. In addition to Facebook, there are several more social media sites that can be used. In the past few years online social media has gained worldwide growth and popularity rapidly. According to several research studies, it has revealed that social media has an enormous impact on people’s lives, since it can be used very easily and it can be seen very fun. However, some research states the common negative effects of social media. For instance, the weakening …show more content…

Mainly younger people use the internet, and since they are still developing, it is an issue that they might rarely have face-to-face interaction, due to the fact that the internet compensates for that, according to them. In short, these people have a false sense of connection. Consequently, it would bring along mental problems, like anxiety, depression, etcetera. Another negative effect of social media is cyber bullying, a very known issue at the moment. Just typing in some negative comments is much easier than telling people face-to-face. On the internet, people are starting to get perfectionistic more and more, this can cause in pressure of frequently posting or even more cyber bullying. Furthermore, encouraging poor spelling and grammar. We are starting to forget how to write accurately and in proper language. While texting, people are figuring out how to type words or sentences as short or simple as possible. As a result, people are encouraged to use poor spelling and grammar. Facebook is one of the most used social network sites, both youth and eldery people use this. News

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