The drawback of social media

[Rayleigh]

How true the message is! Time to re-educate.

 

[Super7]

How true the message is! Time to re-educate.

 

 

Sometimes the ways the users of of such devices eg smart phone use them will determine the outcomes. If he over-uses/relies on it at the expense of face to face interactions with others, the phone will almost take over his life, and this shouldn't be the way.

 

Nowadays it becomes quite common to see in a family or friends gathering, almost everyone fixes his eyes on his phone with little interactions between the persons present.

 

When we use our smart phone properly, we take advantage of its ability to allow us to keep in touch with others while we are on the trains, waiting for someone esle etc, These are pockets of time which otherwise cant be used to connect us with others who are not physically with us the time.

[Jman888]

will it work? can always give a fake profile right?

EU countries will be able to stop kids under 16 from using social media without permission

Part of new data regulations giving consumers more control

By James Vincent  on December 15, 2015 05:00 pm  @jjvincent 

 

Lawmakers from the European Union have settled a debate over the digital age of consent with a compromise: each country can decide for itself. This means that EU member-states will be able to set their own limits between 13 and 16 years for how old children have to be before they can sign up for social media services like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat without parental permission.

 

The current digital age of consent in the EU is 13, the same as the US, but last minute additions to proposed data regulations suggested raising this to 16. Tech firms reportedly lobbied hard against the change, with the Financial Times reporting that a coalition of companies including Google and Facebook accusing those involved of rushing the amendment. Many tech firms rely on fast growth to justify their business models of looking for profit only after establishing a user base, and extra barriers to sign up teens would harm this. Other critics say children already lie about how old they are online, so raising the age of consent only distracts from more meaningful protection and education.

 

TECH FIRMS WILL FACE FINES OF UP TO 4 PERCENT OF GLOBAL SALES IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY

 

Overall, the new regulations give more power to consumers in the EU over what happens to their data. In order to keep companies in line, the EU can now impose fines of up to 4 percent of their global sales for failing to meet the new stricter laws. It also makes firms more directly responsible for their failures. Now, even if a company outsources its data handling to a third party, it's still responsible for making sure rules are followed. The regulations will also force companies to alert national authorities within 72 hours in the event of a data breach.

 

"The regulation returns control over citizens’ personal data to citizens," said the European Parliament's lead MEP on the regulation, Jan Philipp Albrecht, in a press statement. "Companies will not be allowed to divulge information that they have received for a particular purpose without the permission of the person concerned. Consumers will have to give their explicit consent to the use of their data."

 

The new regulations are scheduled for official confirmation by the European Parliament this Thursday (usually a formality), with EU member states given two years to either adapt existing laws or pass new ones to meet the required standards.

 

 

 

[Forte3737]

Maturity level of the people posting in social media is very important

[Myxilplix]

Ahahahahaaha. Regulators are always three steps behind.

[Vid]

Maturity level of the people posting in social media is very important

 

Age does not define maturity.

[Voodooman]

Nowadays it becomes quite common to see in a family or friends gathering, almost everyone fixes his eyes on his phone with little interactions between the persons present.

 

When we use our smart phone properly, we take advantage of its ability to allow us to keep in touch with others while we are on the trains, waiting for someone esle etc, These are pockets of time which otherwise cant be used to connect us with others who are not physically with us the time.

We ban the use of electronics devices in the family during meals, even the TV is off. You control your own house but we are all guilty of sending emails and text messages when a phone call would have been better to clear up issues.

[inlinesix]

We ban the use of electronics devices in the family during meals, even the TV is off. You control your own house but we are all guilty of sending emails and text messages when a phone call would have been better to clear up issues.

 

Phone call do not leave paper trail.

[Voodooman]

Phone call do not leave paper trail.

Can't deny that. There are times we need to leave paper trails but many times, the benefits of a phone call followed by a simple email to confirm what have been agreed upon or discussed is overlooked.

[1fast1]

Phone call do not leave paper trail.

Set up automatic call recording. I use ACR. It's free and awesome.

 

Legality is dependent on jurisdiction but in SG, you can record with impunity. Having few civil rights to speak of does have its little compensations.

[Porker]

Phone call do not leave paper trail.

I'm a big proponent of using the telephone as a follow up to an email to clear doubts or misunderstandings.

 

However I've seen email being abused. It is very irritating when email is used for very mundane s h i t that could've been solved with a phone call. And the worse is everybody is copied. Companies should set email etiquette jesus

[Pinobii]

emails are on record, phone calls are not

 

People can get play out easily in the corporate world

 

To handle villians, call to explain or resolve the issue but always follow up with email, not necessary copying the whole world, sometimes just to own boss to let boss knows that the issue has been resolved