DRAWBACKS OF SOCIAL

NETWORKING SITES

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

Groups of peoples connected to each other with the help of internet sites are known as social networking sites.

TYPES i. FACEBOOK

ii. TWITTER

iii. MYSPACE

iv. LINKED IN

ADVANTAGESi. Direct communication

ii. Low costs

iii. Building friendships

iv. Sharing interests and hobbies

v. Faster communication

vi. Direct communication

vii. Low costs

viii.Meet celebrities

ix. Be informed about your friends

x. Share your experiences (music, video etc.)

xi. Keeping contact with family, friends and colleagues

xii. Building new/ old friendships

xiii. Sharing interests and hobbies

DISADVANTAGESi. Cases of online mobbing

(Cybermobbing) and stalking

ii. Poorly regulated

iii. Name, location, age etc. can be used to commit online crimes

iv. Photos, comments etc. that we post will be forever on the Internet

v. Private is suddenly no longer private

vi. Will be accessible to the general public

vii. We spend a lot of time on PCs

RISK FACTORSi. Cybercriminals can easily get

ii. private data

iii. Targeted attacks against the users

iv. Personalized spam and phishing attacks

v. Hacker infect the computers of users with viruses

vi. Try to lure recipients with newsletters etc. to websites.

vii. Viruses and trojans are deposited on websites

viii.Potential employers might find information about you that is not

appropiate (photos etc.)

SAFETY MEASURESi. Keep personal information

private.

ii. Use a nickname that doesn’t identify location, gender, age.

iii. Only add friends you know in real life.

iv. Alter pictures to remove identities.

***THANK YOU***

BISHWEASHWAR SUKLACLASS:- IX-B

ROLL NO. :-08VANASTHALI PUBLIC SR. SEC. SCHOOL

MAYUR VIHAR PHASE :-III