Social Media and Privacy

It blows my mind to think of how much social media plays into our lives. It has come so far that now it even involves sexual assault and rape. It give people the ability to simply post pictures and statuses of vulgar images that happened of sexual assault crimes. Although it does allow authorities to take action and easier find the perpetrators involved, it also opens several doors to harm the victims. Now people can post rude and outrageous comments bashing the victims of these sexual assault crimes. So not only could you have been taken advantage of, but also be made fun of and taunted for being a victim. The article When Rape Goes Viral gives the stories of a few women who similar situations have happened to. I feel awful for all the victims mention in the article. Social media destroyed those innocent girls lives, some of them killing themselves because of it.