A former Facebook executive has said social media is doing great harm to society the world. The executive is a man called Chamath Palihapitiya. He joined Facebook 2007 and became a vice president. He was responsible increasing the number users Facebook had. Mr Palihapitiya said he feels very guilty getting more people to use social networks. He said the networks are destroying society because they are changing people's behavior. Twenty years ago, people talked to each other face to face. Today, people message each other and do not talk. People also really care what other people think them. They post photos and wait to see how many people like the photo. They get very sad if people do not like the photo.
Mr Palihapitiya said people should take a long break social media so they can experience real life. He wants people to value each other instead valuing online "hearts, likes, and thumbs-". Palihapitiya also points how fake news is affecting how we see the world. It is becoming easier large websites to spread lies. It is also becoming easier to hurt other people online. Anyone can hide a fake user name and post lies other people. Palihapitiya said this was a global problem. He is worried social media so much that he has banned his children using it. However, he did state that Facebook was a good company. He said: " course, it's not all bad. Facebook overwhelmingly does good the world."
