7 things blamed on social media

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As a result of riots, British Prime Minister David Cameron declared that social media was the enemy. After reports that rioters and looters were using Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger to plan their attacks, Cameron asked police to find ways to block people from using electronic platforms to mobilize during times of “violence, disorder, and criminality.” This isn’t the first time social media has been blamed or credited for something important. Here are seven examples.

1. SYPHILIS

Last year, a health official in the UK linked Facebook and other social media sites with an uptick in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. “There has been a fourfold increase in the number of syphilis cases detected with more young women being affected,” Peter Kelly told The Telegraph. “I don’t get the names of people affected, just figures, and I saw that several of the people had met sexual partners through these sites.”

Source: theweek.com

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