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Social Media Regulation: Balancing Ethics and Law Online

Explore the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding trash reduction and monitoring on social media platforms. Learn about self and hetero-regulation, the impact on privacy, free speech, and the "dog poop girl" case. Discover various regulatory approaches, from individual morality to state law, and the importance of authentic communication in maintaining balance between rights. Giampaolo Azzoni delves into the complexities of online regulation, emphasizing the need for ethical self-regulation in the digital space.

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Social Media Regulation: Balancing Ethics and Law Online

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  1. Giampaolo Azzoni (University of Pavia) How could social media operators reduce and monitor trash and how? Self or hetero-regulation: ethical, legal and social issues

  2. Law: the result of a continuous process of balancing between opposite rights which are worth of protection The Internet has produced a huge loss of balance between rights the right to the privacy or reputation vs. the right of free speech Giampaolo Azzoni

  3. The case of the “dog poop girl” Giampaolo Azzoni

  4. law applied to the Internet abstract severity (exemplar punishments) multitude of substantial violations (widespread illegality) Giampaolo Azzoni

  5. Ways of Regulation Self- Regulation INDIVIDUAL MORALITY SHARED ETHICS Hetero- Regulation PRIVATEAUTHORITY STATE LAW Inter- Subjective Subjective Giampaolo Azzoni

  6. To choose ethical self-regulation means to choose Spontaneous order: Friedrich A. von Hayek Open society: Karl Popper Space of public opinion: Jürgen Habermas Giampaolo Azzoni

  7. Can communities (Gemeinschaften) constitute a society (Gesellschaft)? In a substantial part of blogs, intersubjectivity is lacking • self-reference • solipsism • narcissism • extroversion of private into public • nihilistic impulse Giampaolo Azzoni

  8. Authentic communication • opening to a plurality of points of view • obligation to rectify undoubtedly wrong information • link to other websites, even if potential “competitors” • correctness in the use of language • awareness of the necessity of balance between free speech and right to privacy and reputation • emargination of non-ethical websites Giampaolo Azzoni

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