Regulation, Good Practice and Censorship

Regulation:
There is (currently) no standard regulation or regulatory body to monitor social media.
However, private businesses cannot break the Data Protection Act (by, example, publishing clients' personal details without permission.)

Equally, hate speech is covered by law, and this applies to social media.
Hate speech includes: Racism, homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, islamophobia.

Self-regulation:
Whether professionally or privately, users are advised to comply with the law through self-refulation.
This means they should have an awareness of what is, and what is not, illegal, and act accordingly.

Relevant Regulatory Bodies:

IPSO: Can monitor online copy from news agencies and magazines industry but have no control over private individuals/businesses.

ASA: Can advise soon online advertisements, as can Ofcom and BBFC.

Online streaming and VoD (coupled with increasingly piracy) however, make this problematic.

China:
China has some strict firewalls to prevent potential subversion of its regime. Some internet searches are banned, and social media currently blocked in the country include FB, Twitter, IG, Google+, gmail and YT.

China has its own social media platforms - perhaps the most widely-used and well-known is Weibo.

















Social media mainly relies on self governance.
Each social media site has its own guidelines.
No current regulation for social media.


Justine Sacco - received mass backlash after a racist tweet.

To the casual social media user, Weibo might look familiar when you first take a look -- that makes sense since it's essentially a combination of Twitter, Facebook, and a few other popular social media sites in terms of function. A non-Chinese speaker might find it quite intimidating to look at on the web but once you understand the key features you'll be navigating with ease in no time. You can upload status updates, communicate with friends and stuff. 

Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept29 November 2019 at 03:40

    You could go into a little more detail in Justine Sacco as a case study - who was she? What did she do? Case studies are useful in the examination.
    Mr Boon

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