Social networking: Challenges, security issues, and emerging trends

Abstract

In today's society, social networks are becoming increasingly popular. Social networking platforms have paved the way for billions of users to build connections with their family, friends, and colleagues. In addition, these sites have become a hub for exchanging job searching, entertainment, and education information among people. These platforms provide the smooth flow of these services from one geographical border to another by allowing users to update their data, interact with each other, and browse other users' profiles. However, sharing personal information over social networking platforms creates security issues for their users. This chapter provides a thorough examination of several security risks affecting Internet users. We also offer challenges social networking platforms face in numerous fields. We then discuss the emerging trends in social networking platforms. Lastly, we also mentioned the existing solutions to security risks that affect the social networking platforms. © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2023.