With the rapid rise of technology, the number of crimes has dramatically increased. Criminals are finding new ways to utilise social media to commit new and disturbing crimes that are difficult to police and protect you from. For my project I will create a design to illustrate these dangers and create an awareness of the crimes and avoid being a victim. Below, I will go through the most common social media crimes.
Scams
Scamming has been a crime for centuries, but the rise in technology and social media over the last decade has created a whole new market for criminals to scam. They create links to appear innocent at the side of web pages, share scams through social media and appear as pop up pages. Each promising what most people desire and often catch the ones looking for fortune and wealth. The scams appear all clean and safe, asking for credit card details and social security number to grant their false promise. Many people thinks scams are easy to spot, but even the most savvy internet user has to be switched on to avoid falling for the traps. To avoid this, research, call, ask questions of social media or friends to stay safe and raise awareness.
Cyber-bullying
Cyber-bullying is a new crime that has occurred over the last decade. This crime involves hacking or password and identity theft and this can be punishable under state and federal law. Teenagers are the most common victims and cyber-bullying through social media has often caused teenagers to self harm and suicide. serious cases like this can result in serious criminal charges. If adults engage in cyber-bullying it is called cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking and can also result is serious charges depending on the severity of the situation.
Stalking
Cyber-stalking is a common offence on social media sites and can result in serious charges in some cases. It entails harassing a person with messages, written threats and other forms of persistent threatening behaviour that endangers the recipients safety. Although Cyber-stalking is joked about if people are looking at other peoples social media accounts, it is a legitimate cause of concern in some cases. People who cyber stalk often strive towards actually venturing outside to stalk the victim and endangering them in not treated seriously.
Robbery
Social media these days people share all sorts of personal information, unaware of real world threats who might actually use this information to locate and steal. It doesn't take much to find out where someone lives, goes to school, works, shops, hangs out and more if you make that information readily available on social media. especially, if you use Facebook’s check-in or Google Maps feature, you could be in a bit of trouble if a certain robber is paying attention. So, best way to avoid this is to basically give out less personal information on your social media sites and posts.
Identity theft
Similar to the dangers of robbery, the ease of gathering personal information from users social media accounts provides an opportunity for criminals to steal user identities. The criminals hack into users accounts and emails and retrieve information to access personal and bank details, taking everything and leaving you in the dumps. Again, protect yourself by not including personal information that criminals can interpret to hack the account.
Defamation
This is when an individual communicates a false statement to a third party that paints another individual or entity in a negative light. Social media makes Defamatory statements scarily easy. The exposure to social media makes posts and statements well documented and many people see and hear what to have complaint, laughed, misunderstood and more. These posts can be twisted and businesses or individuals will be harmed by the defamatory statement and peruse legal obligations. To stay protected from this, be careful what you say on social media. Word spreads fast.
Harassment
Harassment happens all the time on social media. From annoying people to assault and sexual threats. With the rise of social media harassment has increased dramatically, with sexual predators and sex-offenders targeting young unaware people to indulge in their disturbing activities. These criminals often discuise them selves as teenagers and students, sending inappropriate and harassing messages to lure their victims and endangering their safety.
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