Do social networking sites encourage youths to disclose more personal information about themselves?

Do social networking sites encourage youths to disclose more personal information about themselves than they would in reality?

I am a student researching disclosures of sexual assault on Social Networking sites. To help my research I would really like to understand what are the impacts (positive & negative) of disclosing sexual assault or abuse on social network sites in particular for young people.

Any one is capable of telling personal information about themselves in ANY type of social network. But many of us no better than to do such a idiot thing lol

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