Evergreen Social Media
Evergreen Paper (Spring 2017)
The world today is obsessed with social media and internet sites such as: Twitter, Facebook, and Snap Chat. Many more social media websites are being created on a continuous basis. There are good aspects with these social media websites, but bad ones as well. Jessica Bennett’s article in Newsweek, writes about the flip side of internet fame. I believe we should all think about what we post, write or state on social media, as it can affect others dramatically.
In Jessica’s article, she quotes several stories of individuals who have experienced the repercussions of the internet first hand. Ghyslain Raza, a Canadian teen experienced humiliation as a young man when students uploaded his video without his consent …show more content…
Even today some judges require sex offenders to post warning signs on their property. These examples are of individuals who have disobeyed the law, and have been proven guilty. The public humiliation seems just in these cases, unlike an instance where no legal action has taken place. The malicious defamation that is going on today on the intranet is unjust. The problem is that the individuals that are being harassed don’t have much leverage due to the cost and publicity of defending themselves in these situations. Publicity of such a case would make the issue worse for most, says Jessica (Bennett, 580-581). With the new generation of children being brought up with the internet, instances like those in the examples mentioned in the article (Bennett, 579-580), will become more and more prevalent. This article makes you realize that you need to stop and think before posting a comment or a picture on the internet. Once it appears on the internet, it will always be there as referenced by Barry Schuler, former CEO of AOL. I would anticipate stronger laws coming forth to support the changes in our society with the internet being used by most …show more content…
Validating credibility is difficult on the internet and hard to control by lawmakers. Laws on free speech and defamation vary, and regulators find it nearly impossible to control. Jessica references a law passed in 1996, (Bennett, 580) that protects websites from being liable for user’s comments or content. This substantiates Jessica’s findings on privacy and humiliation and how individuals have no recourse. Jessica quoted Daniel Solove (Solove, 579), “Anybody can become a celebrity or a worldwide villain in an instant,” which is shown in the cases referenced by Jessica (Bennett, 579,
The world today is obsessed with social media and internet sites such as: Twitter, Facebook, and Snap Chat. Many more social media websites are being created on a continuous basis. There are good aspects with these social media websites, but bad ones as well. Jessica Bennett’s article in Newsweek, writes about the flip side of internet fame. I believe we should all think about what we post, write or state on social media, as it can affect others dramatically.
In Jessica’s article, she quotes several stories of individuals who have experienced the repercussions of the internet first hand. Ghyslain Raza, a Canadian teen experienced humiliation as a young man when students uploaded his video without his consent …show more content…
Even today some judges require sex offenders to post warning signs on their property. These examples are of individuals who have disobeyed the law, and have been proven guilty. The public humiliation seems just in these cases, unlike an instance where no legal action has taken place. The malicious defamation that is going on today on the intranet is unjust. The problem is that the individuals that are being harassed don’t have much leverage due to the cost and publicity of defending themselves in these situations. Publicity of such a case would make the issue worse for most, says Jessica (Bennett, 580-581). With the new generation of children being brought up with the internet, instances like those in the examples mentioned in the article (Bennett, 579-580), will become more and more prevalent. This article makes you realize that you need to stop and think before posting a comment or a picture on the internet. Once it appears on the internet, it will always be there as referenced by Barry Schuler, former CEO of AOL. I would anticipate stronger laws coming forth to support the changes in our society with the internet being used by most …show more content…
Validating credibility is difficult on the internet and hard to control by lawmakers. Laws on free speech and defamation vary, and regulators find it nearly impossible to control. Jessica references a law passed in 1996, (Bennett, 580) that protects websites from being liable for user’s comments or content. This substantiates Jessica’s findings on privacy and humiliation and how individuals have no recourse. Jessica quoted Daniel Solove (Solove, 579), “Anybody can become a celebrity or a worldwide villain in an instant,” which is shown in the cases referenced by Jessica (Bennett, 579,