SOCIAL NETWORK SITES, USER RIGHTS AND INTERNET GOVERNMENTALITY

2015

Revista San Gregorio, 2020

The development of the Internet, which has been active over the past two decades, is leading to the formation of new forms of human interaction on the World Wide Web. One of such forms is actually social networks, which from the beginning of their activity are used mainly as a way to ensure human communication. However, such a big number of consumers with the usual ways of buying goods and services, lead to the search for new platforms for companies to do business, which in turn provokes the transition of social networks to a fundamentally new level of activity.

The Legal Challenges of Social Media, 2017

SA Journal of Information Management, 2013

Background: With the growing adoption and acceptance of social networking, there are increased concerns about the violation of the users' legitimate rights such as privacy, confidentiality, trust, security, safety, content ownership, content accuracy, integrity, access and accessibility to computer and digital networks amongst others. Objectives: The study sought to investigate the following research objectives to: (1) describe the types of social networks, (2) examine global penetration of the social networks, (3) outline the users' legitimate rights that must be protected in the social networking sites (SNS), (4) determine the methods employed by SNS to protect the users' legitimate rights and (5) identify the policy gaps and technological deficiencies in the protection of the users' legitimate rights in the SNS. Method: A literature survey and content analysis of the SNS user policies were used to address objective four and objective five respectively. Results: The most actively used sites were Facebook and Twitter. Asian markets were leading in participation and in creating content than any other region. Business, education, politics and governance sectors were actively using social networking sites. Social networking sites relied upon user trust and internet security features which however, were inefficient and inadequate. Conclusion: Whilst SNS were impacting people of varying ages and of various professional persuasions, there were increased concerns about the violation and infringement of the users' legitimate rights. Reliance on user trust and technological security features SNS to protect the users' legitimate rights seemed ineffectual and inadequate.

(2011) 19(2) International Journal of Law and Information Technology 110

The advancement of Information Technology has hastened the ability to disseminate information across the globe. In particular, the recent trends in 'Social Networking' have led to a spark in personally sensitive information being published on the World Wide Web. While such socially active websites are creative tools for expressing one's personality it also entails serious privacy concerns. Thus, Social Networking websites could be termed a double edged sword. It is important for the law to keep abreast of these developments in technology. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the limits of extending existing laws to battle privacy intrusions in the Internet especially in the context of social networking. It is suggested that privacy specific legislation is the most appropriate means of protecting online privacy. In doing so it is important to maintain a balance between the competing right of expression, the failure of which may hinder the reaping of benefits offered by Internet technology.

Journal of International Legal Communication

This research study has been conducted with a deliberate synthesis of both theoretical and practical components. This approach is grounded in the observation that research studies often tend to adopt either a purely theoretical or an exclusively practical and applied orientation. The author’s objective was to systematize theoretical and analytical insights concerning the right to privacy on the Internet within the context of social media functionality. This was achieved through a comprehensive examination that combined theoretical underpinnings with an analysis of real-world court cases. Commencing this research endeavor, an exhaustive analysis of the definitions associated with the concept of “social media” was undertaken. The intricate relationship between “social media” and “social networks” was scrutinized and elucidated. Subsequently, the author delved into the multifaceted issue of privacy and its evolving nature in the backdrop of the digitization process. The author provided...

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The EU's general information policy of the internet has been defined through intermediary liability rules of the E-Commerce Directive of 2000. These are not well adapted to the current online environment where social networks have become the main channels of public debate online. Social networks benefit from publishing offensive users' content that generates clicks and are disinclined to remove it. Yet, they are free to arbitrarily remove or censor any content, regardless of its illegality. The paper discusses the rebalancing of rights and responsibilities of social networks under the new Copyright Directive and the draft Digital Services Act.

India is one of the prime examples of the country that can be considered as heavily reliant on social media for political communication. In the last few years the country has witnessed the impact of social media in various social circumstances ranging from communal riot to the Covid-19 crisis, thus providing the discourse for the discussion regarding the country emerging as an information society. Additionally, there has been an increase in the amount of fake news and spurious information being circulated. With common people turning to social media more than often therefore establishing this as an institution, the Government formulated the New Information Technology Rules, 2021. According to these guidelines, social media sites and blogging platforms have to follow digital ethics code regarding the content shared. One of the platforms, Twitter is yet to comply with the rules which has sparked of a debate. This has given birth to a debate regarding the contention between users’ data privacy and freedom of speech which will be the main content of this paper. Methodologically the paper will chose Twitter and study a few cases which gave rise to the dissent between the platform and the Government. The main findings of this paper will be tracing the future possibilities of India turning into a data based control society and the status of individual privacy in that space.