Social media can be dangerous because it brings negative impact on society and around the world. Social media use is associated with a variety of issues including emotional and mental issues, including anxiety, depression, stress, loneliness, and low self-esteem, physical issues .For example, Maria was arrested several times for cyberlibel. She was arrested because of the conspiracy theories and misinformation that were being spread by social media against her and which jeopardize her career. Ressa was just staraightfoward and typical journalist. Also, Social Media made a baseless conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and Vaccine misinformation that were being spread by the unvaccinated people and which makes people hesitate to take the vaccine. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platform didn’t take action properly and they just want to let these conspiracy theory continue. Another example, when Trump made a false allegation and conspiracy theory about 2020 election that there was a widespread voter fraud and the election was RIGGED on Twitter. This conspiracy theories makes people believe it and which escalated to January 6th US Capitol Hill insurrection attack which was darkest day of US History. This is why social media is dangerous to the society.
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Professor: Dr. Mark Noonan
Email: mnoonan@citytech.cuny.edu
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