Blockchain‐Based Decentralized Online Social Networks – Benefits and Challenges
Neha Agrawal, Sukrati Agrawal, Ankit Upadhyay, Hitesh Rawat · 2024
The online social networks (OSNs) have obtained much popularity in the last few years as they not only allow users to exchange information and opinions but also provide platform to users to connect with their friends and family members. However, the online social networking sites suffer from many issues like, piracy leakage, data breaches, identity deception, fake news, and misinformation. To overcome these limitations, technological advancement introduced the integration of Blockchain technology in social media networks. Blockchain can provide security, information control, transparency, tamper-proofing, confidentiality, traceability, and supervision. This chapter explored the different threats associated with social media in the first section. In the second section it discussed the working of blockchain and how Blockchain based social media platforms resolve the issues related with social media platforms. At the end the challenges of this integration are discussed.