
Break the chains of social media
Are we truly free? We would like to think so, but the reality is that our minds are being held captive in the digital world. This Freedom Day, let’s focus on liberating ourselves from our social media addiction.
Are we truly free? We would like to think so, but the reality is that our minds are being held captive in the digital world. This Freedom Day, let’s focus on liberating ourselves from our social media addiction.
Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler has made many of us aware of just how cunning tricksters can be and how they use online and social media platforms, from Facebook to WhatsApp, to set their traps. If adults are so easily deceived, just imagine the risks teens are facing online.
We live in a switched-on world in which it’s almost unthinkable to be without social media for so much as a day. According to Statista, a company specialising in market and consumer data, around 30 million South Africans were on social networking sites in 2019. What’s more, this number is set to grow to close to 50 million by 2026!