Modern technology and technological services make everyday life easier for people. These are the positive aspects of the technology and services, and there are also negative aspects. The social media has a direct impact on the lives of a large number of people. Earlier, many of the world's top-ranking technology officials expressed concerns about the latest technology and the services of social media as well as the negative impact of social media.
Commenting on the recent comments by Apple Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim England in a school in the US technology company, Tim Cook said, "I do not want children to use social media. He even advised the use of technology and services in schools should be limited. Tim Cook said, I have no children. But there is a son of my brother, whom I have placed in some limitations. There are some things that are not acceptable for them. Even I do not want my nephew to use social media. I do not believe in using excessive technology. I would not say that if there is always a touch of technology, success will come in life. Even myself, I do not always subscribe to social media. There has been a widespread stir on the responsibilities of various technological services, especially the social media. These mediums are spreading negative sentiment among relatively young people.
Facebook's first and former president Shawn Parker expressed concerns about the site's activities. He accused the media of exploiting users' vulnerabilities and said, the only thing God knows is what the site is causing in our brain. Shaun Parker said that the initial thought of creating various social networking applications was to grab people's time and attention as much as possible. Because the photos, statuses or other information posted on such sites have the opportunity to like or comment on others. The content of this kind of sites leads to content. Likes and comments continued to grow as well. In the various social networking applications, Facebook has attracted first attention.
Legitimate means of disclosing information like hacking of various social networking applications. Facebook is the best way to utilize human psychological weaknesses. The rest of the social networking applications are very similar. That means cyber criminals use some of the information with the help of technology and use them. But in sites like Facebook, people are voluntarily disclosing personal information or other information. Facebook has taken an important time in daily life.
Recently, the Adelman Trust Barometer's annual survey found that only one in four people in the UK believed in social media such as Facebook and Twitter; That means 75 percent of British people do not believe in it. They want to see strict control over the social media. The Adelman Trust Barometer has carried out surveys on how much people believe in business, government, non-governmental organizations and the mass media.
The survey found that two-thirds of the citizens believe that platforms like Facebook Twitter are not taking adequate measures to prevent illegal activities including militancy. But the belief in the popular journalism among the UK people has increased significantly in the last year.
Edelman says more than half the UK citizens are worried about false news. 64 percent of the people said they can not distinguish between false news and real journalism. Adelman's findings show that 63 percent of people think there is a lack of transparency among social media. 62 percent think that these companies are selling their information without knowledge of the users.