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Social Media and Regulation

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Blogs, Trash and Law

Law:the result of a continuous process of balancing between

conflicting rights which are worthwhile protecting

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The Internet has produced a huge imbalance as regards rights

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the right to privacy or reputationvs.

the right of free speech

intellectual property:

author’s rightsvs.

buyer’s rights

“the free flow of information on the Internet can make us less free”

The case of the “dog poop girl”  

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law applied to the Internet

abstract severity (exemplary punishments)

host of substantial breaches (widespread illegality)

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Self or hetero-regulation?

Panoptic Model  

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Radical Transparency  

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“Smart companies are sharing secrets with rivals, blogging about products in their pipeline, even admitting to their failures”

radical transparency and …

… “hyperscrutinisied society”(J. Zittrain)

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subjectivevs.

inter-subjective

self-regulationvs.

hetero-regulation

Subjective Inter-Subjective

Hetero-Regulation

Self-Regulation

PRIVATEAUTHORITY

STATELAW

INDIVIDUALMORALITY

SHAREDETHICS

Ways of Regulation

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Open society:Karl Popper

Spontaneous order (vs. designed order): Friedrich A. von Hayek

Space for public opinion: Jürgen Habermas

Choosing ethical self-regulation means choosing

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Ethical media beyond social narcissism

Is a network of “networks of interconnected private spheres” still a real ethical/social network?

Can communities (Gemeinschaften) constitute a society (Gesellschaft)?

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Intersubjectivity is missing in a substantial part of blogs

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•self-reference

•solipsism

•narcissism

•extroversion of private into public

•nihilistic impulse

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•opening up to a plurality of points of view

Authentic communication

•obligation to rectify blatantly wrong information

•link to other websites, albeit potential “competitors”

•correctness in the use of language

•awareness of the need for a balance between free speech and right to privacy and reputation

•emargination of non-ethical websites

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true sharingvs.

fake sharing

(L. Lessig)

GRAZIE !giampaolo.azzoni@unipv.it

(University of Pavia)