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    (Global Media Journal-Indian Edition, 2014-06-05) Saswati Gangopadhyay; Debarati Dhar
    With social networking sites allowing the young users the opportunity to mingle with a huge network of known as well as unknown friends. It has become like an addiction for the young adults to create online profiles and certainly they are hooked to mobile phones, laptops and PCs. Accessing the internet through the mobile phones has made it even easier for the young generations to get logged-in into Facebook, Orkut or Twitter most of the time and post updates about their daily activities. Participating in the social networking sites and having an increased number of friends on the list is supposed to be a trend that cannot be ignored in any way. Nonetheless, the so called ‘friend list’ also includes some unknown friends and sharing of thoughts or personal stuffs to them might not be a good idea. Social networking sites offer privacy measures and encourage sharing of personal information. Hence, this paper would focus on how and in what ways the revelation of private information by the users are safe and further does it affect the privacy of the young users in any way. Moreover, the paper would also analyze the privacy settings made by the popular social sites and its effectiveness with case studies.
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    (International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD), 2019-04-08) Matthew N. O. Sadiku; Adedamola A. Omotoso; Sarhan M. Musa
    Social networks constitute the greatest global information platform on the Internet today. They have become an indispensable part of our daily lives as people spend more time socializing on the Internet. They have witnessed their collective fortunes rise as they become ubiquitous in our lives. The penetration of these technologies into the popular culture has been pervasive. However, creating online social networks raises privacy concerns of possible misuse. This paper provides a brief introduction to social networking and its diverse applications.
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    The use of social networking sites for knowledge and information exchange by postgraduates in Tanzania
    (South African Journal of Information Management, 2024-03-12) Msafiri J. Ponera; M
    The use of social networking sites (SNS) has increased knowledge sharing among students leading to improved academic performance. Despite the benefits that SNSs provide in education, their use for knowledge sharing and exchange among postgraduate students in some Tanzanian tertiary institutions (TIs) faces challenges.