Protecting children online? : cyberbullying policies of social media companies / Tijana Milosevic ; foreword by Sonia Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milosevic, Tijana, author.

Contributor:

Livingstone, Sonia M., writer of foreword.

Series:

The information society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online social networks--Moral and ethical aspects.

Online social networks.

Internet industry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Internet industry.

Cyberbullying--Prevention.

Cyberbullying.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2017

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

This book investigates regulatory and social pressures that social media companies face in the aftermath of high profile cyberbullying incidents. The author's research evaluates the policies companies develop to protect themselves and users. This includes interviews with NGO and social media company reps in the US and the EU. She triangulates these findings against news, policy reports, evaluations and interviews with e-safety experts. This book raises questions about the legitimacy of expecting companies to balance the tension between free speech and child protection without publicly revealing their decision-making processes. In an environment where e-safety is part of the corporate business model, this book unveils the process through which established social media companies receive less government scrutiny than start-ups. The importance of this research for law and policy argues for an OA edition to ensure the work is widely and globally accessible to scholars and decision makers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262344081

0262344084

9780262344098

0262344092

OCLC:

1024080420

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access