Open AccessA Study on Extent of Awareness Among College Students in Security and Privacy Issues in Social Media
Author(s) -
J. Padmavathi,
Sirvi Ashok Kumar Mohanlal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in computer science, engineering and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-3307
DOI - 10.32628/cseit2173147
Subject(s) - internet privacy , social media , personally identifiable information , information privacy , social network (sociolinguistics) , censorship , computer science , business , world wide web , computer security , political science , law
Today Social Media is an integral part of many people’s lives. Most of us are users of one or many of these such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn etc. Social media networks are the most common platform to communicate with our friends, family and share thoughts, photos, videos and lots of other information in the common area of interest. Privacy has become an important concern in social networking sites. Users are not aware of the privacy risks involved on social media sites and they share their sensitive information on social network sites. While these platforms are free and offer unrestricted access to their services, they puzzle the users with many issues such as privacy, security, data harvesting, content censorship, leaking personal information etc. This paper aims at analyzing, the major users of social media networks, namely, the college students. It was intended to assess the extent the consumers’ are aware of the risks of free usage and how to mitigate against these privacy issues.