Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Should there be an age limit on social media?

Yes, there should be an age limit on social media because especially in this generation younger kids are an easier target to sex offenders, pedophiles and rapists. These people can pose as a threat to anyone but it's the youth, that's more of a target than adults. They can create fake profiles and you'd think they were teenagers  just like you. How would you feel if you were on social media thinking you were talking to someone named Sara Claire for example, when you're really talking to a 58 year old man behind the screen? Nasty right? Well it could happen to some of the younger kids because I know a few people who go to my sisters school who have an Instagram, a Twitter account, who are on Facebook and they're only just beginning middle school. They have no business with being associated with any social media network. The age limit is 18. Not 14, 12, or 10. Children who are not 18 and over shouldn't have anything to do with social media what's so ever because when they take pictures and post things there are hackers out there who can find your exact location. They're able to find out all your information as to where you live, when and where you post pictures, they can find you and hurt you. Maybe even worse. I think parents should pay more attention to their child's activities and step up to do a better job at monitoring what their child is doing. Young children get on social media networks and they don't have a clue as to what could possibly happen. For people who have Twitter accounts anybody can follow you and look through your pictures. You could meet this "cool" person who ever  they appear to be and they may not be who they say they are and that's somethjng we all need to be careful and aware of. That's all the more reason as to why we should be more strict on the age limits on social media.