On the one hand, Facebook provides news and entertainment. It helps users keep up with their loved ones, and connect with people from all walks of life, especially the generation that grew up without cell phones. It even goes beyond bringing people together, it has helped people to launch businesses, and enhance their brands. It provides an outlet for creativity, which all in all is a huge plus. Most importantly, Facebook has made our world smaller, connecting people with friends and family in ways that weren't possible before.
On the other hand, Facebook has had its problems, many which have serious implications. Facebook has warped the notion of privacy, changing the way media businesses operate. And we all know about the bullying and negative comments, the foreign interference, the recruitment of terrorists, plus the way dictators worldwide are using Facebook to monitor citizens and to restrict their news content to government-sponsored information only. It has disrupted democratic systems and facilitated a global disinformation crisis. These are just the challenges we're aware of, there are surely more to come. There are regulations that are coming soon, but will that be effective? Only time will tell.
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