Regulation, Good Practise and Censorship

 Regulation, Good Practise and Censorship:

Regulation

• there is currently no standard regulation or regulatory body to monitor social media
• however, private businesses cannot break the data protection act e.g. publishing client's personal details without permission
• Cambridge Analytica 
• Facebook data harvested from millions of people across 

The Christchurch attack was the first live-streamed attack in New Zealand 

• 49 kills 
• he subscribed to PewdePie 

Self-regulation 

• Whether professionally or private, users are advised to comply with the law through self-regulation 
• This means they should have an awareness of what is, and what is not, illegal and act accordingly 

Relevant regulatory bodies 

• IPSO- can monitor online copy from news agencies and magazine industry but have no control over private individuals/businesses 
• ASA- can advice on online advertisements, as can OFcom and BBFC
• online streaming and VoD (coupled with increasing privacy), however, making this problematic