Social media considerations/issues

Cyber bullying:

The last decade has witnessed a surge of research on cyber bullying, bullying that occurs through the use of electronic communication technologies, such as e-mail, instant messaging, social media, online gaming, or through digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone






Lack of privacy:

Most of the social media sites have information that's required, like your birthday and email address. Identity thieves tend to gather their victims personal information from the information available on the social media sites.  Many identity thieves tend to hack their victims email accounts by simply using the personal information available on social media profile.  One of the more common techniques is clicking on the "forgot password" and then trying to recover the password via email. Once they access your email accounts, they basically have access to all of your personal information.

Media policy:

A social media policy sets out the responsibilities and obligations that users must follow when dealing with social media. The policy is cover below:

• Appropriate use of social media
• Bullying and harassment
• Conflicts of interest 
• Confidentiality 
• Use of company email or logo
• Security risks