In my opinion, when people rely on social media for news and information, it can be dangerous and harmful as well as have drawbacks because most information you see on social media, it’s not legit, they are not accurate and people tend to put out this information to get attention from the public. So that’s one of the drawbacks that relying on social media can cause. And also, when people focus solely on getting information from social media, it also removes the focus and attention from our local means of getting information, which could be the news stations, the newspapers, as well as books and other sources of information that have been used in the past. And also social media also puts people out there at risk because once your information are out to the public, most people can use it to harm them. And also, that’s merely what I have to say.
Band 7+: What are some potential drawbacks of relying heavily on social media for news and information?
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In my opinion, when people rely on social media for news and information, it can be dangerous and harmful, as well as have drawbacks. Most information you see on social media is not legitimate; it is not accurate, and people tend to put out this information to get attention from the public. So that's one of the drawbacks that relying on social media can cause. Also, when people focus solely on getting information from social media, it removes the focus and attention from our local means of getting information, which could be news stations, newspapers, as well as books and other sources of information that have been used in the past. Additionally, social media puts people at risk because once your information is out in the public, most people can use it to harm you. That's merely what I have to say.
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