Selena Gomez On How 'Dangerous' Social Media Is For Her Generation: 'It's Impossible to Make It Safe'

May 20, 2019 by apost team

At a press conference for "The Dead Don't Die," a comedy horror film that touches on serious issues, Selena Gomez shared some of her thoughts about social media. Being careful of her words to avoid offending people, she said that she shouldn't refer to the social media generation as selfish.

She thinks that they are too unaware of the important things that are going on. She adds on that many of the youth are misinformed about issues.

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"I would say for my generation, specifically, social media has really been terrible," Selena Gomez told the interviewer.

You wouldn't expect someone with 150 million followers to say that, but Selena Gomez did just that.

She feels concerned when she sees how exposed children are on social media. Children are not only putting themselves at risk of predators but cyberbullying too.

Selena shared that she has learned to be careful of what she posts on social media. She brings up the problem of bullying and how young children and teenagers aren't allowed a voice. It's ironic that social media is supposed to be a place where you can share your voice, but many people hold back their true selves.

The way that people use social media is often in a self-serving way. They want to get a lot of likes or retweets. They give more importance to the opinions of people who have a lot of followers.

Social media could be used in a way that helps the world become a better place. Some people use their platforms well, but too many don't.

When Selena was asked if she thinks there should be regulations for social media networks, she replied, "I think it's pretty impossible to make it safe at this point, there's no blocking anything, they're exposed to it."

Maybe Selena is right that we can't make social media 100 percent safe, but we can all pitch in to help make it a safer place for everyone.

We can do things like report posts that harass someone or otherwise break the social media network's terms of use. We can also learn how to detach ourselves from caring about what others think, how many followers we have, and how many likes/retweets we get.

How do you plan on making social media a safer place? Let us know in the comments, and tell your friends and family, too!