Tough morning for social media in 3 different nations
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Friday morning was tough for social media as its misuse was brought to fore in three countries.
First, In the New York Times, Felicity Barringer blamed that in the social media, there was an outbreak of graffiti and vandalism in national parks.
Then an online marketing contest for Durex condoms went 'awry' when Facebook users ganged up to choose a conservative Islamic town named Batman, in southeastern Turkey, as the site of a test rollout of a new condom delivery service, Bloomberg News reported.
Lastly, the same news service reported that students using the Russian equivalent of Facebook were taking advantage of the country’s nine time zones to share questions and answers on the country’s equivalent of the SAT examination. The common theme to all the three reports is — use of social media is enabling bad behaviour on a broader, more destructive scale.
But a closer look also suggests maybe social media shouldn’t be such an easy scapegoat. In the case of the national park vandalism, rise of social media is an odd villain. Because if vandals actually are posting the pictures of their devastation to Facebook or Twitter, they are making it a lot easier for security agencies to track them down. — Salon.com
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