Digital Death

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Marita Shelly
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Estate Planning ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Personal Property ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

An increasing use of social media platforms and other mobile applications (apps) has led to the creation, purchase, storage, and use of online information and data including personal or financial information, email communications, photographs, or videos. The purposes of this chapter are to discuss digital property and to determine whether under estate planning and administration law digital property can be inherited like other real and personal property. This chapter will examine relevant legislation in Australia, United States (US), and other jurisdictions including Canada, as well as legal cases that have discussed the issue of accessing or transferring digital property held by service providers such as Facebook. It will also discuss examples of service providers' terms of use and whether these terms allow for digital property to be accessed by a third party. It will conclude with recommendations about how an individual can manage their digital property as part of their will or estate.

scholarly journals Social Media as a Battleground for Electoral Violence among Netizens in Africa: The Case of Kenyan Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Christine W Njuguna ◽  
Joyce Gikandi ◽  
Lucy Kathuri-Ogola ◽  
Joan Kabaria-Muriithi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Electoral Violence ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media

There is a rise in unprecedented political infractions, disturbances and electoral violence in Africa with the youth playing a significant role. Thus, the study broadly investigated social media use and electoral violence among the youth in Kenya using two objectives that were to assess the use of social media platforms among the youth and to investigate the relationship between social media use and electoral violence among the youth. Guided by the Dependency Theory and the Social Responsibility Theory, the study was carried out in Mathare Constituency, Nairobi County, Kenya. Data collection involved questionnaires, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. Analysis of quantitative data was by descriptive statistics and regression while qualitative data was analyzed through transcription. The study findings showed that the use of social media platforms in communication has been growing with WhatsApp becoming the most ‘preferred’ platform in Kenya. The study outcome exposed the fact that social media had an important and positive effect on electoral violence among the Kenyan youth in Mathare (R = .812). On the other hand, social media (Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram) had a strong explanatory strength on electoral violence among the Kenyan youth in Mathare (R2 = .659). This means that social media accounts for 65.9 percent of electoral violence among the Kenyan youth in Mathare Constituency, Nairobi County. The study, therefore, concluded that there is a relationship between social media and electoral violence among the Kenyan youth in Mathare. The study finally recommends that the government should embrace and enforce self-regulation mechanisms by Internet service providers to deter incitement. In addition, there should be increased efforts to educate and inform Internet users on the importance of assessing the credibility of information. Promotion of productive engagement as an effective instrument of dealing with online hatred is key.

“A Take-Home Baby”

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Robert L. Klitzman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
American Society

This introductory chapter provides an outline of the structure and themes of the book, and describes how I became interested in this topic—through both personal and professional experiences. The chapter presents a brief overview of infertility and several assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), including new technologies (e.g., gene editing and CRISPR) and their history; recent statistics on use of these interventions in the United States and elsewhere; several relevant current policies, guidelines, and recent legal cases in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere (e.g., from the FDA, CDC, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine [ASRM]) pertaining to sale and purchase of so-called third-party gametes (i.e., human eggs and sperm); costs and insurance coverage; ethical issues posed by ARTs (e.g., regarding eugenics); and other aspects of these treatments. The chapter also provides an overview of the qualitative methods used in the research that forms a basis of the book.

scholarly journals Social Media and the Liabilities of Internet Service Providers in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Alex Tolu OLAGUNJU ◽  
Olubukola Olugasa ◽  
Olalekan Moyosore Lalude
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Internet Service Providers ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media has been the vehicle for the dynamic progression of globalization. The purpose of social media encompasses many ends. Some of which allow for liabilities for third-party users, or in some circumstances, liabilities for Internet Service Providers. There are many complications in determining the liabilities of Internet Service Providers and third-party users. This paper examined the nature of Internet Service Providers (ISP), social media, and the activities of third-party users in Nigeria. It also interrogated the various instances where third party use of social media might affect ISP liability. This paper further explored the judicial and legal framework of some jurisdictions to see how they view the liabilities of internet service providers. The paper concluded that internet service providers should be held accountable for the content that is published on their platforms as it affects greatly the lives of concerned users offline.

An exploration of logistics-related customer service provision on Twitter

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 659-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya ◽  
Adrian Ellison ◽  
Sonali Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Specific Order ◽  
Independent Observations ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Purpose – The success of e-retailers is intrinsically linked to the effectiveness of their logistics processes which, inevitably, involve third party service providers. As the most tangible representative of the e-retailers it is inevitable that customers expect the e-retailer to resolve delivery queries, including on social media platforms. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of e-retailers’ logistics-related customer service interactions on Twitter with a view towards identifying effective and ineffective social media customer service strategies. Design/methodology/approach – The design and public nature of Twitter encourages organic conversations between e-retailers and customers as well as between customers and other customers. The methodology applied here accounts for this by collecting and analysing interactions within and as part of conversations, not as independent observations. In total, 203,349 tweets were collected from 22 of the most popular e-retailers. A random sample of 5,000 logistics-related conversations (16,998 tweets) is used for the analysis presented here and forms a foundation for future research. Findings – Conversations are initiated by customers on the basis of 24 event triggers which can be categorised as occurring either before or after an order is delivered. These can be general queries or related to a specific order or delivery issue. The paper identifies a number of significant findings such as the extent to which e-retailers and logistics providers redirect customers to other channels to resolve queries, ignoring the implicit preference by customers to use Twitter to resolve their problem. Similarly, the lack of interactions between e-retailers and their logistics providers within the Twitter platform to help resolve customer queries results in ineffective customer service. Practical implications – The study identifies the way in which e-retailers can substantially improve the effectiveness of the customer service they provide on Twitter by ensuring that customer queries can be resolved within the platform and by working with their logistics partners to do the same. This is critical since problems may be directed to the e-retailer or the logistics provider but both companies jointly suffer the consequences of poor customer service. Originality/value – The study examines a hitherto underexplored aspect of retail logistics – the social media-based customer service activities of e-retailers. Methodologically, the study is rooted in the acknowledgement that interactions on Twitter form conversations and analyses should take this into account. This is a distinctly different approach from existing Twitter-related studies which conduct an automated sentiment analysis of tweets. This approach reveals a rich picture of interactions and, importantly, identifies where conversations between e-retailers begin, how they develop and how they conclude.

scholarly journals LinkedIn, a vocational social network, as a tool for promotion in selected healthcare service providers

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-299
Author(s):  
Jiří Bejtkovský
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Job Vacancy ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Employer Brand ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right

Abstract The use of social media platforms and other online tools in the human resource management area has become a common part of the HR manager work. Today, the main aim of every corporation is to have the right employees at the right time and in the right job positions. The main objective of this research paper was to identify whether the size of the selected healthcare service providers influences the existence of a profile on the vocational social network LinkedIn, the active use of the vocational social network LinkedIn for sharing a job vacancy and the active use of the vocational social network LinkedIn for promoting or building the employer brand. Three research hypotheses were defined. The collection of research data was carried out from October 2018 to January 2019. The conducted research has shown that the size of the selected healthcare service provider does not affect the active use of the vocational social network LinkedIn and sharing a job vacancy, promoting or building the employer brand.

scholarly journals Politicians, Social Media, and Digital Publics: Old Rights, New Terrain

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Sobieraj ◽  
Gina M. Masullo ◽  
Philip N. Cohen ◽  
Tarleton Gillespie ◽  
Sarah J. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right

In this interdisciplinary roundtable discussion, five scholars interested in political communication work through the democratic dilemmas created when privately owned social media platforms are used as digital public squares by elected officials in the United States. This conversation unfolds in the context of ongoing legal cases that challenge politicians’ efforts to block select interlocutors and bar them from participation. We grapple with the tension between politicians’ use of social media to broadcast their own messages as a form of publicity with the desire by some members of the public that politicians be transparent online by allowing the electorate to question or even criticize them. Through this discussion, we weigh the importance of the right to criticize the government and its leaders alongside the realities of contentious content on social media platforms that are rife with abusive content, in a cultural context marked by social inequalities.

scholarly journals Politicians, Social Media, and Digital Publics: Old Rights, New Terrain

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 1646-1669
Author(s):  
Sarah Sobieraj ◽  
Gina M. Masullo ◽  
Philip N. Cohen ◽  
Tarleton Gillespie ◽  
Sarah J. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right

In this interdisciplinary roundtable discussion, five scholars interested in political communication work through the democratic dilemmas created when privately owned social media platforms are used as digital public squares by elected officials in the United States. This conversation unfolds in the context of ongoing legal cases that challenge politicians’ efforts to block select interlocutors and bar them from participation. We grapple with the tension between politicians’ use of social media to broadcast their own messages as a form of publicity with the desire by some members of the public that politicians be transparent online by allowing the electorate to question or even criticize them. Through this discussion, we weigh the importance of the right to criticize the government and its leaders alongside the realities of contentious content on social media platforms that are rife with abusive content, in a cultural context marked by social inequalities.

探尋資料受信者在開放銀行下的監理座標

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (23) ◽  
pp. 83-118
Author(s):  
臧正運 臧正運
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Regulatory Issue ◽  
The Third ◽  
Consumer Data ◽  
Access Data

開放銀行浪潮有助於提升消費者的資料自主，推動金融體系的競爭與創新，進而實現消費者資料賦權的願景。然而，實現此願景仍有待解的核心問題：亦即究須具備如何之條件，一個組織方能成為經消費者授權而向銀行取得資料的適格者？申言之，政府究應如何看待與監理開放銀行脈絡下的第三方業者？本文主張，開放銀行下的第三方業者，本質上係取得消費者對其處理自身資料的信任，因此可將之視為「資料受信者」。本文從產業生態圈及組織定性兩大維度，將資料受信者可能的監理座標加以類型化成三種型態：銀行生態圈的受託者或合作者、金融生態圈的金融資訊服務業者，以及數位經濟生態圈的特許資料接受事業，並嘗試針對我國提出一個兩階段式的修法策略路徑，盼能引發產官學界就此議題的深入對話。<br />The wave of open banking holds great potential to enhance consumer data autonomy, promote competition and innovation in the financial system, and give rise to consumer data empowerment. However, the realization of such a vision depends on the solution of a difficult regulatory issue: the criteria for a third-party provider that is permitted to access data from banks upon the consent and request of consumers. This in fact begs the fundamental question of how a government should treat and regulate third-party providers in the context of open banking. This article argues that the third-party providers can be understood as&ldquo;data fiduciaries&rdquo;in that they are entrusted by the consumer to process and provide extra value to their data. This article further explores and proposes three possible regulatory coordinates for data fiduciaries based on two dimensions: ecosystem boundary and institutional attribute. Specifically, the three types of regulatory coordinates are fiduciaries and cooperators in the banking ecosystem, special financial information service providers in the financial ecosystem, and chartered data recipients in the digital economy ecosystem. This article also proposes a two-stage legal/policymaking strategic pathway for Taiwan with the hope to develop a more delicate conversation between regulators, industries and the academia.<br />

scholarly journals The Preciseness of Nutrition Recommendation and Information Published in Twitter Accounts.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Nasser Alqahtani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Specific Search

False nutrition-related information poses a significant threat to public health. The increasing use of social media platforms as sources of knowledge introduces the need to investigate their preciseness. To investigate the proportion of incorrect nutrition-related online information posted in Arabic by the most followed Twitter accounts. A specific search strategy was conducted on Twitter to locate the most relevant sources of nutritional knowledge. Tweets were collected over one month and classified according to their subjects, popularity, and specialty, as well as the nationality of tweeters. Subsequently, the tweets were reviewed by a nutrition consultant and labeled as “true” or “false” based on their content. A total of 509 tweets posted by 33 different accounts were identified (38.3% of unknown specialty, 44.8% Saudi, and 24.8% with 100,000–200,000 followers). Of these, 183 tweets (36.0%) were false. Tweets published by accounts with a greater number of followers (less than 100,000) were significantly more precise than those with fewer followers (P = 0.001). Saudi and medical tweeters as well as those of unknown identities posted significantly higher proportions of correct tweets than other nationalities and nutritionist tweeters (P = 0.002 and P = 0.001, respectively). Tweets about allergy, anemia, maternal health, and diabetes were more accurate that those about orthopedics and obesity (P = 0.011). About one-third of posted tweets were incorrect and the role of dietitians was negligible. Targeted intervention programs with the aid of personal and institutional nutrition accounts are warranted on all social media platforms to protect individuals/patients.

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