Social Media and its extremely adverse effects- ( PART-3 )

Social Media and its extremely adverse effects-  ( PART-3 )

(4) Social media has opened up new avenues for people with male intentions to communicate and share information that may at time be abused.The concept of black mailing young girls and women through doctors photos and videos is a problem that has remained unaddressed so far.In many countries women become easy target for such form of harassment.In May 2013 the police rescued a teenager who had been kidnapped  by a stranger who became a friend on Face book.Besides kidnapping ,various cases of black mailing have occurred in various part of the world.Very few of these cases attract attention of media as most are hushed to protect the honor of the victim 

(5) A real life example was a kidnapping case resolved in a country of subcontinent ,when a boy of a 12 years old went to see his on line Facebook friend .The boy was then abused  and kidnapped by the elder brother of his on line friend  for ransom of 10 million rupees.Fortunately police managed to track those individuals and rescued the child.It is observed that children,in particular ,are susceptible to trusting social net work friends with out confirmation.Even more disturbingly ,other cases can include profiles created by child abusers in order to attract their next victim.The image of internet predator in the media is of an adult seducing and tempting innocent young boys and girls through the collection of their personal data and pretending to be a friend to those youngsters.He hides his intention untill the actual meeting that leads to harassment,rape of kidnapping.According to a research most internet initiated sex crimes start with establishing a relationship between an adult and a child through the use of SMS,Email,online friendship etc.It is equally important for parents to reassure that their children are not turned into ''on line predators ''due to company of bad friends,as in many countries teenagers are involved in such crimes.

(6) In 2012 a Canadian teenager Amanda Todd committed suicide after she was initially blackmailed into exposing herself online ,and was later ridiculed at school when when her photos were made public.She and the family made all efforts by changing all location ,school and neighborhood but to no gain.Cyber bullying is harassment made by an attacker who uses the platform to harass his victim specifically by

1--Sending repeated hurtful messages,sexual remarks,or threats using e mail ,messages, through mobile phones and on like social network.

2---By uploading or circulating embarrassing pictures or videos of the victim.


      

(7) Today cyber bullying has become quite common in which the attacker can utilize  the social media to spread rumors about the victim and share pictures ,videos usually collected through the social media contents carelessly uploaded by the victim or his friend.Cyber bullying usually effects children and teenagers.In 2015 ,an on line survey,including parents from 24 countries ,discovered that 13% of the parents reported that their child has been cyber bullied.According to the survey result ,the majority of children experienced this harassment while widely using on line social network sites like Face book,you tube etc.Horrifically such cyber bullying unnoticed by the victim's parents ,some time resulted in committing suicide by the victim.