Privacy and security issues: As digital users use these platforms to share their private and sensitive information, plenty of privacy and security issues are being noticed, most of sensitive information that are supposed to be private is now being shared publicly on social media with little awareness of its negative effects or  vulnerabilities.

Fertile ground for online scammers and cyber miscreants: The criminal community on the dark web where cyber criminals buy and sell stolen sensitive information is getting bigger because the social media platform has become a fertile ground for online scammers.

Availability of many social networking websites makes it easier for cyber criminals to use their multiple social media accounts to send fraudulent and unsolicited messages to unsuspecting victims.