Social media has raised copyright issues over images and media because, on social networking websites and the internet in general, a wide variety of material, images included, are shared online and often taken without crediting the person who supplied this material in the first place which is stealing. Copyright legislation is in place to prevent this happening as people should not be allowed to credit from someone else's work.
Facebook is a prime example of a company which has raised controversy over social media copyright issues. For example, Facebook naturally want to make money from their products but, because Facebook make a big point of never charging their users on their homepage, they have to make money some other way; e.g. paying for certain games, adverts, etc. Facebook buy out companies - e.g. Instagram - which allows the other companies to access/use any media found on Facebook.
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