Mass Media Consumption Being Targeted For Sensitive Information

When we think of the types of abuse it is easier to imagine how this may happen in the real world. There are now significant risks of sexual and emotional abuse for children in the “Digital world”. This new term, ‘e-safety’, is concerned with the safeguarding of children and young people in the digital world and ensuring that they feel safe when accessing new technology.

A person up to date in today's society must acknowledge the importance and the parcticality of the internet. Just as in other areas of society, personal freedoms are stretched to the very limit on this modern invention, raising isuues in regards to what type of information the internet should be allowed to broadcast. Since its inception, the internet has spawned overnight millionaires, served as the new information medium, and even played host to some heinous crimes. The topic of greatest concern though, is in how the people legislate the division between what is obscence and what is allowable. The way that these issues are dealt with will shape the very form in which the internet and other

It is a fact that laws are struggling to keep up with the new forms of cyberbullying that are introduced with new technologies. It has only in the past decade that such issues have been addressed. For such a long time the broad spectrum of cyberbullying has been the main difficulty in defining what it is and where it fits in Australia’s criminal framework.

Today , cyberbullying is an enormous problem all over the world . It should be a mandatory law that Social media sites , such as , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and many more sites be regularly surveillance for content of bullying , racism , and bigotry , then just moderately monitored by the sites themselves . Bullying , on social media sites consists of negative comments and/or pictures used towards another individual/individuals . For instance , Bullying , has always been an issue but over the years this has certainly changed . Children were often bullied (1)in schools and their home community neighbourhoods . Today , as this is still an issue , it now has increased since internet is used more often in today's technologies , is also used

Internet expands more each and every year. Although this is a good thing because we have way more resources now. It becomes way too progressive that humans get to into it. The government takes advantage of this. Humans have emotions and sometimes a way to let them out is to have the internet. People believe everything they post is safe but the government owns some of these websites we use. The government withholds a lot of our information, so it is questionable ton ask if what we put online is safe. The author extensively explores the role of internet censorship in the right to decide what art, or entertainment tool we use (1). This shows that not only do we think everything we post is safe but in the end it is our fault. We document part of our life and post on social media to make our life better or cooler in some ways. It is good to believe that most of the time the government will not do anything but it is also scary to know that they can track where someone is at any

In the short article “The Flip side of Internet Fame” by Jessica Bennett, she argues that the internet should be only used in a proper manner. Not in a way that the internet is portrayed wrongly, such as cyberbullying. Bennett gives multiple allegations of how kids unwillingly went viral on the internet for embarrassing reasons such as “Dog poop Girl”, “Star wars”, and as well as “The Rapist”. While being bulled over the internet it will not only affect the individual that is being bullied, but the people who are viewing it as well. Cyberbullying is the epitome of what the internet should not be used for.

In December of 2012, the Canadian Senate, through research conducted by the Senate Standing Committee for Human Rights, published Cyberbullying Hurts: Respect for Rights in a Digital Age. This positional paper forms, in my opinion, an effective use of a communication rights approach to mitigate the issue of cyberbullying in Canada. In this paper, I will demonstrate, through the referencing of the writings of Jürgen Habermas with his views of the public sphere and responsible communication and the writings of Mark Raboy and his views of the importance of citizen participation in the development of communication and media policy, why this approach is appropriate given the subject matter involved.

In “The Cyberbullying Problem is Overhyped,” an article by Tim Cushing, Cushing examines the publicity of Cyberbullying. He argues that Cyberbullying is a minuscule problem and states that those who claim it as a major issue “have nothing in form of hard data showing the threat matches the perception” (Cushing). Cushing critiques many sources that claim cyberbullying is a major issue, such as calling the statistical evidence of iSafe — a website that claims to be “the leader in internet safety education” (Cushing) — as “disingenuous.” Then, it is shown that iSafe claims that the organization if non-profit, which is false due to the fact they sell subscriptions for its users. The website is assumed to be not sincere because it is trying

In today’s Canadian society, we often take for granted just how fortunate we are to be able to use one of the most important aspects of modern life: the internet. However, the current state of a free and unregulated internet was not always guaranteed, as there was tremendous support for government regulation of the medium during the 1990’s. Ian Milligan’s article “A Haven for Perverts, Criminals, and Goons”: Children and the Battle for and Against Canadian Internet Regulation, 1991-1999 traces both sides of the debate, from their origins all the way until the CRTC’s decisive ruling in May 1999.

The agencies employed by governments to police the web in order to protect the vulnerable have seen an increase in child pornography and online fraud. The speed at which information can be distributed and the number of people that can be reached attracts those that are intent on causing harm. The term “cybercrime” is becoming more widely used. The financial gains that can be made and the anonymity the internet can provide, make the virtual world of cyberspace a haven for criminals. Although the internet has huge benefits for information gathering and social networking, in the wrong hands it can cause harm to the vulnerable and criminals are able to vanish into the underground with the use of false identities that are hard to track online.

Bullying has had a well known status for destroying the confidence and esteem of our world’s youth for decades. Recently, a new form of bullying has emerged and has taken over the technological environment. Similar to a student physically bullying another peer, we see victims hurt after an attack over misuse of the Internet. Cyberbullying has been much harder to track than face-to-face bullying. It has also been easier for someone to attack another merciless and guiltless because of the lack of physically seeing the damage caused. Some believe legislation addressing anti-bullying is needed to stop these cyber attacks in their tracks and control the youth’s misuse of technology. Some would rather see more responsibility from parents and schools addressing the issue. Perhaps it is not that simple. There must be programs provided for communities to address the problem and legislation to prove bullying over the Internet is no joke.

When comparing cyber-bullying and stalking to the country such as the (United Kingdom) UK and Germany we will see the effects differ significantly. Most cyber talking has caused the UK government to monitor closely the privacy act in 1998 to be able to amend the existing law appears to be insufficient in protecting the community, which seems to know they are being criminally attack but lack the ability to be able to control it through contact with the police or other government officials as police, federal police or other agencies of government. Because privacy is very complex law it is not obvious to the average police officer trained to protect the community through various forms of strategies to keep pace with technological change daily.

Cyberspace is a non-physical environment created by computers interoperating on a network. People can interact in ways that are similar to reality, but does not require physical movement beyond typing. Advanced technology established this parallel world, ‘cyberspace’. This can be convenient for people to chat, shop, share, explore or research online, but it can also be a disadvantage at the same time. The prime examples of the disadvantages are, people are able to create fake, imaginative identities and use it to abuse others and this can lead to serious issues, such as sexual abuse or child grooming; and since, the Internet can be recognised as a parallel world to reality, this discourages people to have face-to-face human interaction. Consequently, cyberspace can be harmful to all people, because there are hardly any restrictions on the Internet. Technology inaugurated this and it is having an inimical influence on the majority of people who have access to the Internet on a daily basis.

Unlike radio and television, the Internet does not assault its users with unwanted content automatically. Internet users have an unprecedented degree of control over the material they and their children can access. Yet, as a result of the deception spread by the media and government, society has become ready to waive its First Amendment rights to combat an enemy that has neither harmed them nor broken any law. Those unfamiliar with use of the net, for example, may picture pornography

I think most would agree the Internet has been one of the most beneficial technological innovations in the last 50 years. It started out small, but as with most advancing technologies, scientists, programmers, engineers, and users have kept it expanding, evolving and ever-changing into the modern information superhighway it is today. What started out as being a few computers networked together to store and share data for educational purposes has developed into a global system networking millions of computers and user together to share a cornucopia of information and services which touches almost every aspect of our daily lives. While it is nice to have such conveniences at our fingertips, it also comes with its drawbacks. As discussed in the chapter, the Internet can be a dangerous place, and it is essential to take preventative measures to ensure your safety. With the increased use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter, and even email, cyberbullying has become rampant; however there are several ways to help protect yourself. One of the most effective ways is to limit your use of online services. Since this isn’t a feasible safeguard for most individuals, there are other preventative measures to consider such as safeguarding your password, setting privacy controls to restrict access to your online profile to trusted friends or family, never posting anything that may compromise your reputation, especially photos as they may be used to fuel and encourage bullying, never open or respond to unsolicited messages from someone you don’t know, and utilizing the block, ban, and report features if you are being attacked. Blocking is useful to stop incoming messages from people who one sets to block or ban. Reporting is useful because it can suspend and ban a user’s email account from using that service and in some cases it can even block their IP address from using the service. If the attacks continue or get physical in nature, delete your email or social media account completely and contact the police. Another danger associated with the Internet and one which has personally affected my family and me is identity theft and personal accounts and information being compromised