The Importance Of Social Media Privacy

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Seventy-one percent of adolescents, between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, have some sort of social media account (Pew Research Center). Eighty-eight percent of adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine are also connected to social media in some way (Pew Research Center). Some believe that parents are entitled to be a part of what their teens post and see on their social media accounts feeds. Adolescents are entitled to their own personal privacy when it comes to social media. Privacy provides teens an independent voice in society, gives them a chance to be productive and innovative with their own personal ideas, and aids them in learning social skills imperative to real world situations, on their own.
To begin, teens involvement with social media, without the interference of their parents or guardian, allows them to have an independent voice in society. Social media allows adolescents a chance to get involved in a larger scale campaign, much like voting and politics. Of adolescents who were not particularly keen on voting, thirty-five percent stated that, in this past election, social media was most likely to be a main influence on if they voted or not (ProCon). Another part of this ProCon article states, “During the 2012 presidential election, 22% of registered voters posted about how they voted on Facebook or Twitter, 30% were encouraged to vote by posts on social media, and 20% encouraged others to vote via social networking sites.” Not only does

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