Disruptive technology

 Definition and examples

A disruptive technology is one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry.





examples are : 

  • Cloud computing


  • Personal computer


  • Social networking


  • Email  


Problems and issues

  1. Facebook


 The shortcoming of this disruptive technology is that people likely to have the tendency to spread rumors and slanders. There are also uncensored postings and inappropriate contents that can be found in this trending social networking site. It is also unsafe for kids as strangers can just add them as friends. 

      2. Youtube


The problem with Youtube has risen because of the clickbait issue. Zannettou et al (2018) stated that the clickbait will lead users to the spam and fake news link. The Youtube users will be phishing that direct the users to the malicious website.  


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