The Dark Truth of Social Media
It's hard to believe a truth and the same goes for social media of this world where Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook accepted his mistake in front of 7.6 billion people. He admitted that whatever the data Facebook is collecting is not secure and maintained confidentially. I repeat including personal information of 2.2 billion people on Facebook is not private. No one knows what operations are carrying on the personal data of individuals. Mr. Zuckerberg, clad in a navy suit and bright blue tie, faced hours of questioning from lawmakers, who pressed him to account for how third-party partners could data without users' knowledge. Senator John Thune of South Dakota talked about the need for Facebook to avoid creating "a privacy nightmare."
Initially, The Facebook company had done many mistakes in the process of raising its own levels. After hours of questions and questions, Zuckerberg apologized for his big mistake for keeping this far from the Facebook users. It's not just on Facebook but there are many giant social networks exist in this world like Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin and messaging platforms like Messenger, Whatsapp, and WeChat. Every information you share with your friends and family is no more assured to be confidential and the pathetic part is we are living in the 21st century with no privacy of one's life.
You Are Being Controlled:
Every person on this earth checks their cell phone, touches his or her phone 2,617 times every day. It was not you who touches the gadgets but you are already being programmed and directed by social media automatically every second of life which you are thinking as it is your own life. Yes, the design of Social Media tends to attract the people by likes, hearts, and comments by starving for applause from your friends, family, and sometimes strangers too. Once upon a time in a long way back people used to sit each other at evenings and start talking everything they feel but now people talk according to what other like, they dress up what followers love and even they eat food after posting a picture on Instagram.
Social Media is Not a Virus but a Beast:
Social Media is not a virus that something starts abnormally with a malfunction but it is a beast. If you feed the beast, it will destroy you. People who invented these popular social networks understood the loop of human psychology where there will only be an entry without exit. When you post a picture after some time you will start receiving notifications someone liked your picture, commented and on the first day if you get 200 likes your desire to get more will keep on increasing. The constant ping in your brain to check your mobile for notifications makes you enter the social media applications without your knowledge and hence proved you are already being controlled by someone else.
The data you post is not secured and at least you are not living your life because there are only comparisons on social media. The truth is you are not living your life and consistently compare yourself with others. The comparison is good but the object of comparing should be with yourself. Every creature has its own reality, people should be able to identify their own beauty without comparing it with others. It's not just one country problem but it is destroying how society works. The only possible cure is to stop using social media and I know it sounds impossible but thinks of someone who is tracking your information, someone is already controlling you every second, and finally, you are trying to live someone else life but not your own. Try out yourself without using your gadgets, talk with your friends and family without being online on social media, and try eating your food without posting it on social media. Digital privacy must be every individual's first priority and watch this clip to know more details. Also please share your views/opinions in comments about online privacy, healthy discussions are always a significant step for the change.
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