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Social media should be monitored?
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Should Social media sites be monitored by police and security services, or is this no different to phone hacking?
Should Social media sites be monitored by police and security services, or is this no different to phone hacking?
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I can't see why media such as fb and twitter aren't governed by the same standards as other media.
The press and the broadcasters have to take responsibility for their content - so should online publishers.
Our own Answerbank has procedures in place to regulate what is posted here and respond to complaints and would thus stand up to scrutiny.
If a newspaper or radio station received a call from someone inciting rioting they would refuse to publish it or would cut it off and denounce it.
Otherwise they'd be in trouble.
Perhaps fb should have been held responsible for their part in the recent court cases. And before anyone asks 'how could they do that?' - that's their responsibility and their problem.
The press and the broadcasters have to take responsibility for their content - so should online publishers.
Our own Answerbank has procedures in place to regulate what is posted here and respond to complaints and would thus stand up to scrutiny.
If a newspaper or radio station received a call from someone inciting rioting they would refuse to publish it or would cut it off and denounce it.
Otherwise they'd be in trouble.
Perhaps fb should have been held responsible for their part in the recent court cases. And before anyone asks 'how could they do that?' - that's their responsibility and their problem.
This is annoying. I just typed a long answer and it disappeared.
Here's the cut down version - I disagree that Facebook and Twitter should be monitoring the user-sourced content.
A newspaper controls it's content, as does a radio station or national broadcaster.
However, Facebook and Twitter are different, in that they are content hosts rather than content providers, and the only people who can read your posts are those who follow you on Twitter (or are 'friends' on Facebook).
To demand that Facebook and Twitter monitor content is one very small step away from demanding that mobile phone companies track the content of group text messages (effectively the same as posting to a number of friends on Facebook surely?)
Here's the cut down version - I disagree that Facebook and Twitter should be monitoring the user-sourced content.
A newspaper controls it's content, as does a radio station or national broadcaster.
However, Facebook and Twitter are different, in that they are content hosts rather than content providers, and the only people who can read your posts are those who follow you on Twitter (or are 'friends' on Facebook).
To demand that Facebook and Twitter monitor content is one very small step away from demanding that mobile phone companies track the content of group text messages (effectively the same as posting to a number of friends on Facebook surely?)
I take your point sp but fb and twitter are still providing the 'medium' and should not be allowed to abdicate responsibility.
No more than a newspaper does with its letters page or indeed a corner shop which places an inappropriate or unlawful card in its window with the defence 'we just provide the window' the content of the card is someone else's responsibility.
I'm not persuaded fb is a 'private matter' in the way that a phone call is but you're right that these are new areas we need to think about in a different way; I just don't think fb and twitter can abdicate responsibility from what their sites contain.
No more than a newspaper does with its letters page or indeed a corner shop which places an inappropriate or unlawful card in its window with the defence 'we just provide the window' the content of the card is someone else's responsibility.
I'm not persuaded fb is a 'private matter' in the way that a phone call is but you're right that these are new areas we need to think about in a different way; I just don't think fb and twitter can abdicate responsibility from what their sites contain.
It should be policed in exactly the same way that you would police "free speech" in a public environment, because thats what it is. If you were to name a rape victim in a public place where others could overhear, you could be liable for a fine and/or contempt of court proceedings.
Whats needed is not so much additional scrutiny of social media sites, but better education of people who use such sites in the legal basics pertaining to free speech - 140 characters in tweet or a post on your or a friends wall on facebook is essentially the same as you taking a loudhailer and declaiming your comments / views to the world, with all the legal risks that such an action would entail.
Whats needed is not so much additional scrutiny of social media sites, but better education of people who use such sites in the legal basics pertaining to free speech - 140 characters in tweet or a post on your or a friends wall on facebook is essentially the same as you taking a loudhailer and declaiming your comments / views to the world, with all the legal risks that such an action would entail.
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