Cyber addiction, addiction to screens, technologies, social networks.
A group of promoters have set up a Facebook Free Day to fight this addiction. This year, it is held on Sunday February 28. The instigators also insist on the necessary security of the tool, founded in 2004, which is rather the type permeable to numerous attacks and other information looting.
For many, social networks have changed the way humans interact. In 2020, a year inevitably marked by the pandemic, Facebook saw a 12% increase in the number of active users each month. So much so that at the moment, 2.8 billion humans connect to the platform at least once a month. Of the number, 1.84 billion use the platform daily. For at least 34 minutes a day.
Interact appropriately
So much so that social networks are singled out for, among other things, the capture of the Capitol in the United States in January. For the scourge of cyberbullying. King’s fool Dany Turcotte by being one of the most recent victims.
Many users hide behind their screens to foment conspiracies, instigate excesses, incite hatred.
It is even said that Facebook has broken thousands of couples. The communication tool prevents some from speaking to each other at home. We abandon our own family members to please “Facebook friends”. Some are more interested in the screen than in a real face-to-face exchange.
But Facebook doesn’t just have dark sides. It allows a certain socialization by meeting people who think differently. We form groups that have points of interest. Support groups. We use it for get adequate information.
Facebook usage exploded during lockdown. Very smart whoever thinks he can make the platform disappear. She’s here to stay. We constantly wonder how to improve it. Maybe by unplugging once in a while. Like today.
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