What Happens On Social Media Does Not Stay There, It Comes Back for You
So much good has come from the dominance of social media in our lives: we remain connected with friends and family, we have more ways to access news, and we get involved with important matters. At the same time, quite a bit of bad can come from social media. Sometimes, this bad comes from our decision to post a status update or photos, ones that we do not initially think to be something that can be used against us.
For instance:
You are suspected of shooting someone. The police go back on your Instagram and find a photo, posted quite some time ago, of you with the same gun that was used in the crime. That’s incriminating evidence.
You post a photo of your initials carved into a tree. This tree is in a national park and you forgot that defacing nature in national parks is a crime...