Topic > The Pros and Cons of Privacy on Facebook - 1832

However, the flawed policies adopted by the sites potentially put users at high risk, which consequently leads to the affectation of their social impressions. Evidently, Facebook is probably not the most appropriate entity to be the arbiter of whether or not academic researchers should obtain individuals' consent to collect their information (Solberg, 2014, p. 800). Legal terms and conditions notwithstanding, users can and should question the terms and conditions of the platforms on which they contribute content, conduct exchanges, socialize, communicate and otherwise interact. Understanding the terms of use of these sites allows users to better evaluate and advocate for the levels of influence and control they consider acceptable over the sites they use (Stein, 2013, p. 368). Some of the consequences of sexting are prioritizing humiliation as the “worst” consequence for girls and criminalization as the most important consequence for boys (Karaian, 2014, p. 288). Overall, social media is inevitable in terms of daily entertainment for teenagers, however they usually become victims of misunderstandings on some terms and conditions offered by the sites; and could become sexually abusive by offending a victim through sexting (no matter what gender; heterosexual or