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limitations. 37.8% respondents were being threatened, and 32.4% felt
socially stigmatized. Legal restrictions and limitations were experienced by
29.7% of the group, and 18.9% found an increase in charges as a restriction.
2.7% of respondents had other unspecified restrictions.

7.1 Potentials

When potentials are considered, the majority of respondents (63.3%)
accepted that ‗Facebook has a wide potential in gathering public opinion on
environmental justice‘. 30% of the respondents had the idea that it has this
wide potential only at certain times. The rest of the group (6.7%) rejected the
above-mentioned idea. The following respondent noted the potential of
Facebook for environmental protection.

“Facebook has become one of our most powerful tools for environmental
protection - but we must use it wisely. While posts alone won't save our
forests and wildlife, they can mobilize real action on the ground. The key
is staying focused: we must use this platform strategically, avoiding empty
virtue-signaling while amplifying genuinely important causes. TI07”

There were many suggestions from the group of respondents to promote
Facebook (this is applicable for other social networks as well) in order to
gather public opinion for environmental justice. The most prominent idea
among the respondents was to create strongly active pages and reliable
updates for them. According to respondents, these pages should be opened to
everyone regardless of their nationality. They repeatedly emphasized the
accuracy of data on these pages. Another suggestion was to add video
conferencing facilities with group members. Using pictures to create
attractive pages for awareness of these environmental concerns on Facebook
was another suggestion.

Another significant suggestion was to invite and join more and more
educated and committed environmental activists. In these respondents‘
opinion, this will contribute to improving the knowledge of the public on
these environmental concerns.

A number of respondents suggested that Facebook can be used as an
effective way to make teenagers aware of these environmental issues.