One problem expressed in this article is the lack of control that we experience due to social media. Due to cell phones pictures can be taken at any time even without consent, this is not unusual "Generation Y is obsessed with documenting its social life" using things such as Facebook and Twitter. Photo's can be posed without the people in them even knowing, you don't need to have Facebook to be posted on it. Girls are one of the main serial camera carriers. People can look at your pictures without you knowing it just like you can look at theirs, meaning someone you do not know could be observing your daily life.
Another major issue with Social media is generation Y's attitude towards it. They live for the now not for the future they don't understand how one incriminating picture can haunt you years down the line, they have FOMO(fear of missing out) syndrome. "If you go to a party and you don't appear in the Facebook album, were you really there?" is one problem that is coming out Generation Y does not like to be taken out of the social loop, they need proof that you were really there. That is why adult-driven campaigns will not curb not-consensual photo sharing, it is like trying to uproot a culture that is constantly changing.
This is a major problem for Generation Y's future due to the problems that may arise from inappropriate pictures posted in past years. They do not care that they are invading someone's privacy by looking at personal photo's or that even showing up at a party could put you in one or more photo's taken. this is a growing problem that all Generation Y has it is a chronic illness that keeps coming back to haunt the daily lives of all who use the power of social media.
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