Persuasive Essay On Snapchat

All kids talk about today is Snapchat. Snapchat is a social media app where you can post pictures to express you emotions and show what you are doing at the moment. Although Snapchat sounds like a fun app, there is a darkside to the app. Well some downsides about the app is that teenagers use Snapchat for sexting, and distracts the teenager from the rest of the world. The app also lacks responsibility for it’s users security because hackers can easily track someone from using Snapchat. A topic that is being discussed through parents is that if their teenager should have Snapchat. I believe that teens should not have Snapchat. Even if the pictures gets deleted after 10 seconds, it will always stay online. First of all, people disagree from that point because once it is viewed, it disappears and that person cannot see it again, but that is not true. Someone can take a screenshot of the picture and just because that person can no longer view the Snap, doesn’t mean everyone else can’t see it either. In the article 10 Things Parents and Kids Should Know About the Snapchat App by Stephanie Abney states that “However, photos can be saved as screenshots. This is worrisome for parents because they have no control over what comes across their teenager's screen at any given moment.” You also never know what may turn up on the
In the same article “Snapchat was responsible for compromising the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users”, (Malek). Millions of Snapchat users are being stalked and the company is doing nothing about it and lets the hackers be. No one should own an app that has low security networks. Furthermore “There is no legitimacy behind Snapchat, nor is there any truth behind the concept.” (Malek). With their lack of responsibility they let the app pretty much take over and only care about the money they make. The next time you download an app check for background