Throughout the years, the world has constructed numerous amount of technological advancements, that has not only caused communicating with one another easier, but also has been seen by the users as a form of outlet for sexual needs and desires. According to an article, "Instaporn: Porn, 'KikSex' Lurk Just Inside Instagram's Photo Eden", published in The Huffington Post, Instagram possesses approximately eighty million users, who share their filtered pictures taken throughout their daily lives. Instagram users have inevitably established a popular hashtag, known as "#foodporn." Unfortunately, Instagram has also become a place of actual images of porn. There are 201,000 pictures hashtagged as "Instasex" and only 135,000 are innocent pictures of lattes. Sadly, Instagram is not only being used to exchange inappropriate sex-related pictures, but also a place where users can find their cyber sex partners. It is not uncommon to promote your Kik profile, an application which allows users to message clandestinely; but users are now advertising their Kik profile to chat with individuals for sex-related purposes. For example, one male user posted saying, "Woke up horny as hell!!!!! Girls who wanna play post a comment and I’ll kik you. Don’t be shy. We can trade pics and have some naughty talk." Nevertheless, Instagram is not the only social media outlet that has to face this degrading dilemma. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr have attempted to abolish all posts and pictures that disobey their terms. Instagram has traced to have over five million uploads of photos per day; therefore, the fifteen full time employees, rely on the users to report any posts that portrays any form of misconduct. Nonetheless, even if a user is expelled from using this application, there is always a way of rejoining. Disastrously, social media websites and applications have turned into a channel of satisfying one's sexual desires. This comes to show, how technological advancements have its benefits and drawbacks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/instagram-porn_n_1842761.html
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