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:

Information society 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 (xv, 280 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

I Cyberbullying, Dignity, and Children's Rights 1

1 When Cyberbullying Ends in Suicide 3

2 Can E-safety Compromise Children's Rights? 21

3 Shaping Company Responsibility: Privatized Public Sphere 45

II Vagaries of Self-Regulation 63

4 Perils of Politics-Driven Regulation 65

5 Industry Self-Regulation in the US and in the EU 87

6 Untangling the Companies' Motives and Actions 105

7 The Roles of NGOs in Search of Transparency and Effectiveness 147

III Policy Solutions 169

8 Strengths and Limitations of Self-Regulation 171

9 Toward a Culture of Dignity 193.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262344098

0262344092

9780262037099

0262037092

9780262344081

0262344084

9780262344104

0262344106

OCLC:

1024080420

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access