There are over four billion people using the internet, three billion of which are using social media apps. That is insane. To think that nearly half of this planet is using social media makes me feel more connected than ever to people.
However, as many people have noticed, there has been a large divide because of how comfortable people feel sharing their opinions on these platforms. Although I find this to be positive, I find issue in the idea that the reason many people are getting so passionate is because they are finding most of their information from these platforms.
This shouldn’t be an issue. There is little regulation on the information that is put onto these platforms, and because of that, there are so many outlets that commonly fabricate news and share stories that may be partly or fully lies.
Because many people solely get their news from these outlets, this is a problem. There needs to be more regulation on what is being shared, in terms of news. Although I am not one for policing information, if there is something that is coming out as a fact, it needs to be a fact. I believe there are many spaces on the internet that allow for opinions and debating, but we need to be more careful about the information that is put out to actually inform us.
