DISADVANTAGES
- although technology has improved many sites there are some people are exposed to bullies on the sites as they can receive death threats or threatening messages. statistics show that 51% of people who took their own life in the uk were a consequence of bullying of some sort on the internet. This affects a person's social life as if they received these messages then they would feel scared about going on social networking sites. It would shatter a persons confidence and self esteem
- the advances in technology have clearly brought the problem of invasion of privacy into the limelight as more and more people are victims of identity theft or invasion of privacy. this is done from email hacking to social networking sites being hacked and many other ways. this affects a person's social life as they would be more cautious about entering personal details as they would be wary of hackers. it may stop people from joining social networking sites and so their form of socialising may be taken away from them.