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On September 16, 2009, Facebook started having major problems loading as people signed in. This was due to a group of hackers deliberately trying to drown out a political speaker who had social networking problems from continuously speaking against the Iranian election results. Just two days later, on September 18, Facebook went down again. [218]
With a variety of celebrities joining social networking sites, trolls tend to target abuse towards them. With some famous people gaining an influx of negative comments and slew of abuse from trolls it causes them to 'quit' social media. One prime example of a celebrity quitting social media is Stephen Fry.
Experts from many different fields have conducted research and held debates about how using social media affects mental health.Research suggests that mental health issues arising from social media use affect women more than men and vary according to the particular social media platform used, although it does affect every age and gender demographic in different ways.
UPDATED: Meta’s family of apps including Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread technical problems lasting more than two hours Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of users logging errors ...
The youths spent the last few months discussing social media and mental health as they have all seen an increase in mental health-related issues among their peers. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
According to Kelly Quinn, “the use of social media has become ubiquitous, with 73% of all U.S. adults using social network sites today and significantly higher levels of use among young adults and females." Social media sites have grown in popularity over the past decade, and they only continue to grow.
Facebook made yet another deal in 2014, taking over virtual reality startup Oculus VR, for two billion dollars, as the company looked to expand its tech footprint beyond social media.
Social media allows for mass cultural exchange and intercultural communication, despite different ways of communicating in various cultures. [226] Social media has affected the way youth communicate, by introducing new forms of language. [227] Novel acronyms save time, as illustrated by "LOL", which is the ubiquitous shortcut for "laugh out loud".