Do social media and other platforms require greater regulation?

Jin Jacopo  Yifan

doi:10.54691/bcpep.v6i.1680

Authors

Jin Jacopo Yifan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpep.v6i.1680

Keywords:

social media; privacy; spread of misinformation.

Abstract

In this paper, evidence was shown to support the idea: social media and other platforms require greater regulation. By analyzing diﬀerent negative aspects that social media brought us, the evidence that is provided can prove why social media needs new norms. At the beginning the consequences of the misinformation during the 2016 US election and Covid-19 were shown. Secondly, the paper goes through the issue of the companies selling users’ personal data. To conclude some data is provided to support the existence of negative eﬀects on the younger generation.

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