Bullying, harassment, violent content, hate, porn, and other problematic content circulates on digital platforms. Who should be responsible for stopping the spread of this content and how?

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介绍

随着技术的发展,数字平台连接了大多数互联网用户。来自世界各地的各类用户纷纷涌向社交平台,开启了互联网时代的新时代。但与此同时,一些在数字平台上传播的欺凌、骚扰、暴力内容、仇恨、色情和其他可疑内容也随之而来。本文将主要讨论传播令人反感的内容所造成的危害,谁应该负责防止令人反感内容的传播,以及防止传播令人反感内容的方法。

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在社交媒体上传播的不良内容造成的伤害。

社交媒体的监管需求对公众至关重要,而良性的社交媒体环境有利于互联网平台的发展,对社会人文、公共安全、教育等方面都有一定的帮助。与过去的社会环境相比,今天的社会环境在互联网平台发展的基础上变得更加开放。大量的文化交流和信息交流,使人们的思想更加开放,人们开始接受与自身文化相关的新事物,比如LGBTQ+人群。良性的社交媒体环境将促使更多的少数民族加入互联网平台,从而进一步扩大互联网平台的受众,促进发展。这些都是建立在和谐的社交媒体环境上的假设,当不良内容出现在社交媒体上时,结果和假设将是一个非常不同的场景。首先,当社交媒体上发生欺凌行为时,骚扰会给社交媒体用户带来很大的压力,甚至严重影响他们的身心健康。例如,韩国偶像崔苏丽(Choi Sulli)因为在社交媒体平台上发布的照片不符合大众审美,在互联网平台上被用户侮辱和侮辱了很长时间,导致她患上严重的抑郁症,最终在25岁时在家中自杀。如果社交媒体上的不良内容被阻止传播,这样的悲剧就不会再发生。其次,社交媒体上传播的暴力仇恨内容会给社会治安带来严重的隐患。在互联网上,非法活动很难被发现,在线匿名为公众提供了隐私,但也允许犯罪分子利用它来制造混乱。(伯吉斯,马威克和波尔,2018)此外,由于社交媒体平台不限制未成年人的使用,不良信息也是青少年教育的巨大安全隐患。大多数青少年没有成熟的道德判断系统。当他们在互联网上浏览不良信息时,会受到信息的影响,无法健康成长,更糟糕的是,他们会误入歧途。

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谁应该负责阻止令人反感的内容的传播

基于上述危害,可以推断出,主观上,控制不良内容的大部分责任都落在了用户身上。用户需要对自己的言行负责。即使在网络平台上,他们也必须遵守法律法规,就像在现实生活中约束自己的行为一样。以上述视频中韩国偶像崔苏丽的自杀事件为警告,所有社交媒体用户都不应因为线上平台是虚拟平台而肆意辱骂和诽谤他人。与此同时,社交媒体平台作为直接受益者,也负有不可推卸的责任。用户需要从道德层面限制自己的行为,社交媒体平台管理者可以直接利用平台屏蔽不良信息。可以说,由于社交媒体平台的不作为,今天大多数不良内容仍然可以在互联网上传播。社交媒体平台的首要责任是保护用户的安全,而不是为了吸引更多用户而限制内容的传播。最终,政府也负有这一责任。正是由于对互联网新兴产业管理的忽视,才发生了不良内容的传播。如果没有准确的法律约束,社交媒体平台和用户都不会意识到他们有责任防止不良信息的传播。

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Methods to prevent the dissemination of objectionable content.

All the above responsible departments should take corresponding measures how to stop the spread of bad information. First of all, users of social media platforms should always restrain their words and deeds, understand that the Internet is not a place outside the law, and everyone should be responsible for what they say. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right of citizens, but it should not include spreading rumors. (史永平 冯玉军, 2014) Second, social media platforms should implement online real-name management as soon as possible, so that every user who uses social media can register with their real name, so as to further restrict their behavior and make users aware of themselves. Speaking on social platforms is not completely private. At the same time, social media platforms should also set up stricter content moderation mechanisms, define categories of hate speech through keyword and algorithmic searches (Narrain, 2019), and impose penalties. For example, the system automatically detects by setting blocking words, etc., and directly blocks the content when it detects inappropriate content. When social media users are unwilling to provide personal information for fear of information leakage, certain restrictions can be imposed, such as the inability to use some functions. And while collecting the real-name information of users, you should also improve your data storage facilities to make it more secure, and it is not easy to be attacked by hackers and lead to information leakage. Finally, the government should also set up more detailed laws related to Internet platforms, and clearly set the price of publishing inappropriate content on the Internet, so as to constrain social media platforms to pay more attention to this issue, and also allow each social media platform to pay more attention to this issue. Users can better restrain their behavior for fear of being punished by the law. In addition, government agencies can improve the personal information database, associate social media accounts with individuals, and register them in the personal information database, so that people who publish bad information can be warned more quickly and according to different degrees.

Conclusion

All in all, this article analyzes the impact of objectionable content, the responsibility to prevent the spread of objectionable content, and the methods to prevent the spread. Through analysis, we can conclude that the regulation of inappropriate content on social media platforms is an important and difficult issue to implement, which requires the joint efforts of the government, social media platforms, and users to make changes. However, for the long-term development of the Internet platform and Internet security, the regulation of inappropriate content is a change that must be made now.

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