Ever since the emergence of the social media and commercial processes began. These platforms collect information on active users from all around the world and the government, companies and individuals can access these data. Additionally, private-public partnerships are making their way which in turn threatens the peoples information on these platforms. It is a complex relationship between both the users and the identifiers.
These platforms are also programmed to identify certain “keywords” and thus when a any word in this list pops out any where in any page. It automatically gets checked and might be either reported or deleted by the company of the social platform being used. That is why we will find major attacks on Palestinian activists, and at times attacks on people with gay rights… That is why human right defenders see this website as a major platform to call out for what they believe in although at various times it limits democracy and liberty.
References:
• Ball, K., and Snider, L. (2013). The surveillance-industrial complex: towards a political economy of surveillance? (excerpt, read p. 1-5 only, until “the volume” heading). In K. Ball and L. Snider (eds.), The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: A political economy of surveillance. Retrieved from: https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781136206979
• Hache, A., and Jansen, F. (2018, July 9). Privacy, Surveillance and Data Tracking: Why Does it Matter for Human Rights Defenders? In Free media: issues, challenges and proposals (online publication). Retrieved from: https://www.ritimo.org/Privacy- Surveillance-and-Data-Tracking-Why-Does-it-Matter-for-Human-Rights
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