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Beware of Social Media Traps
There are a lot of social media out there. Some of them that are used today by teens are Instagram, Snap chat, Twitter, Facebook, and many more. On these social media, you can send text messages, pictures, videos and you can also make voice calls or video calls.
Sexting is sending someone sexually explicit photographs or messages via mobile phone. It is also the sending and receiving sexually explicit content electronically.
Cyberbullying is simply a type of bullying that occurs via the internet. It is also the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. Examples could include; posting an embarrassing photo or video of a person either to make jest or to threaten him or her.
A terroristic threat is a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize another, to cause evacuation of a building, or to cause serious public inconvenience, in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. In this case, a terroristic threat involves tending to beat up somebody for one reason or the other.
If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone. The same goes for a compromising photo or video. It means that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone in that photo or video.
This is the sharing or distributing of sexual images or videos such as nudes. This is considered Child pornography. Distributing compromising photos or videos is an example of child pornography. But basically, child pornography is any sexual act performed by a child.
This equally means the opposite of sharing or distributing of sexual images or videos such as nudes. In this case, this means the person is receiving sexual images or videos. This is considered the possession of Child pornography. People may receive explicit videos either intentionally or to be accused.
First of all, an effect is a result or consequence of an action or other cause. A negative effect is a situation, or experience that is negative, unpleasant, depressing, or harmful. Some negative effects of Social Media traps include; threats, humiliation, blackmail and suicide. If you are involved in Social Media Traps, someone might blackmail you or accuse you in order to put you in trouble. Humiliation is also a state of being embarrassed, awkward, uncomfortable, nervous, and many more. It also leads to low self esteem. This can as well lead to depression and depression equals a person committing suicide which is death.
The legal issues or consequences are the issues or after effects related to the country or state's law. If a teenager creates, distributes or possesses a sexually explicit image, they could be charged with a misdemeanor or felony that could result in up to 20 years in prison and appearing on the state's sex offender registry. Students face charges from their school if the incident occurs on school property, including school buses, or on school-owned devices. This puts a permanent history on your life as a sex offender and it may limit you in getting certain jobs in the future.
Social Media Traps can highly be prevented by the individual mainly. Although, people may try to inflict you in order for you to be involved in any activity related to this but you could also try your best in staying away.