social media application
The growth of technology over the years has made access to information through online media platforms very easy. In the recent past, this was not possible as the same needed technical skills to convey any information through these media platforms. This advancement, nevertheless, has facilitated the development of websites and applications examples of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, among others. The continuous use of social media platforms has brought in positive impacts in the area of information and awareness. However, it also has come with a dark side where the same is used in the conduction of illegal dealings and cybercrimes altogether.
The free and easy uses of the social media application have facilitated cybercrimes in various ways which are inclusive of easy access to other people private information. Stalkers, who in most cases have the ill intention of causing harm to the target victim, for instance, readily use Facebook. The same is replicated in platforms like Instagram where one can post anything in someone’s’ wall even without their consent, thus making it very easy to cause harm and in turn, breaching ones’ rights of privacy. Any person intending to cause harm to any person on these platforms becomes very easy as the information is readily accessible and can be used in any way.
However, not all activities that happen on this social media platforms amount to cybercrimes. However, these offenders should be treated with the full intensity of the law and apprehended to protect the innocent users of these platforms. The law enforcement agencies should nevertheless adopt social media platforms to reach and sensitize people on positive information that in turn, is helpful to the society. These could be, for instance, conveyance of data on the control measures that should be adhered to in the eradication of the Covid-19 pandemic that has impaired the globe at the moment.