Follow These Tips To Stay Safe Playing Social Media

Tips for playing social media safely (photo: dock. pexels)

JAKARTA Social media has a positive and negative impact on its users, both adults and teenagers. To protect yourself, social media users must be smart in playing.

There are many challenges that social media users may face, ranging from fraud, hoax news, to content that interferes with mental health. To avoid these challenges, social media users must know how to play their accounts safely.

Hastuti Wulanningrum, representative of the Directorate General of Public Communication and Media, revealed several tips on using social media safely. Here are some tips that you can follow.

Play Social Media Safely

There are five actions that need to be taken to safely use social media. First, you have to think before uploading any content. Keep in mind that published content can be seen by everyone.

Next, you have to keep personal data. Sharing your personal number, address, or personal data on social media is very forbidden. You also have to think twice before sharing personal photos on social media.

Next is to avoid hoax information. As a social media user, you must be smarter in dealing with information. Don't easily believe the information circulating on social media. Make sure to check the truth first.

Following up on hoax information, you also have to be careful with strangers. On platform X, formerly known as Twitter, there are lots of stories about people who are deceived. The impact of the fraud is varied, some lose money and lose self-esteem.

To avoid this fraud, you have to be careful with anyone. Don't easily believe the offers being shared, be it gifts or other offers. Don't click on links from a foreign account because it can contain phishing.

If you find a malicious account, such as committing fraud, sexually harassing, or spreading hoax information, immediately report the account. You can report directly from the application or report via www.aduulankonten.id channel.