A social media expert, Thomas Dodson, spoke to station KCRA and told their reporter that he had conducted several focus groups that noted a rise in sexual activity spawned by social media.
Dodson cited the instant connectivity of Tinder and Grindr, while Snapchat and Instagram have also caused issues. The California Department of Health notes that gonorrhea and syphilis rates increased by 13 percent and 18 percent, respectively, between 2012 and 2014. The highest incidents of STDs were in youths between age 15 and 24, the prime social media age demographic.
Privacy Plus Connectivity
Social media travels like social diseases, spread by person-to-person contact and sharing. In social media, information is shared. That often leads to sharing bodily fluids in the real world.
There are good things that can come from the power of the 'Net. One of the most famous examples of Internet fame that became something larger thanks to a professional connection is Justin Bieber. The Canadian started out with a few videos of local music performances in his native Canada that his mother posted online. In the grand tradition of stage mothers everywhere, she secretly hoped that her cute son with a decent voice might have a career in music.
Her hunch soon paid off. Bieber’s videos were discovered by professional artist manager Scooter Braun. Impressed by what he saw and particularly by the number of views the music videos had already garnered, Braun soon introduced Bieber to entertainment mogul Usher. That led to a major label record deal and access to a marketing machine that helped make Bieber into the mainstream teen idol he is today.