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Media law pointers:

Introduction:

The question of regulation in media:

Should media be regulated or not

1. Show instances where media has affected the people and show instances where
government has used undue influence on media. And argue both sides.
2. Secondly, it provides information as a “checking function”8 by guaranteeing that the
chosen government and its representatives act upon electoral promises and achieve
the desires of those who chose them.9 Media thus plays a central role since it is the
single means through which public opinion is engendered.10

Why should social media be regulated?

Even if these platforms offer new ways to interact and communicate with
people from all over the world. They also end up creating security
vulnerabilities and a platform for criminal elements that want to circulate
misinformation or encourage terrorist activities and cyber-attacks, participate
in online sexual harassment and bullying, destroy or steal sensitive data and
personal information and suppress free speech.
These regulations will aim to make social media websites more accountable
for the content they host. Another objective would be to implement content
traceability, ostensibly in order to allow accountability and transparency.

How to regulate sm, how is government regulating social media?


Theories of regulation

Self-regulation of social media

Government regulation of social

Conclusion(which is better)

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