The impact of social networking services/platforms, including: on individuals – for example, meeting new people, keeping in contact with family and friends, common interest groups, exchanging ideas, intellectual isolation, physical and mental health of different age groups, ideological polarisation, stereotyping, cognitive issues, on businesses – for example, advertising, product information, safety information about products, customer feedback, on organisations – for example, to disseminate information, weather warnings, on governments – for example, distribution of useful information, updating of regulations, advice and discussions on current issues, government news, feedback from citizens, censorship, false/distorted information

Advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect data

Advantages and disadvantages of data mining to individuals and organisations, including: all information is in one place, ethical and privacy concerns