Social media day, over half of the world's population uses them

Today is Social Media Day, it was launched for the first time on June 30, 2010 by the American specialized site Mashable given the impact of these platforms on society and also on the world of work.

The first social media platform was Friendster in 2002, then Linkedin arrived in 2003 and Facebook in 2004 which beat.

The newest addition to the social media heavyweight list is TikTok.

The app was launched in 2016 and has become popular especially among young people due to its music and video features.

According to a SmartinsIghts statistic, more than half of the global population uses social media (58.4%, equal to 4.62 billion people), the average daily usage is 2 hours and 27 minutes.

However, these platforms have become a pick for cybercriminals to track user habits and passwords used.

For this reason, the experts of the security company Yoroi recommend limiting the sharing of personal information, using different emails, logins and passwords for the different services we use, building long, strong and complex passwords without reference to hobbies, passions and residence.