Unit 6 Assessment - Written Proposal

In many cases, a social dilemma arises when there is no set rule or procedure to tackle such cases as they arise. Sharing unauthorized information and information that might not be true even though it is not targeted to anyone raises whether it is moral or indecent to conduct such an act. Another issue is how we can use technology companies to address the issues concerning cyberbullying to children and the prevention of hate speech via social media. There have been many instances where organizations have collected private data from individuals without their consent and use the information for their advantage. These are some of the ethical issues that have been brought about by the advancement of technology that needs to be addressed. In this paper, I will look at online hate/bullying, which has been brought about by the advancement of technology. There have been several factors that have led to the growth of online hate. I will focus on the research conducted in Canada on online hate and harassment.

Stage 1: Emergence

This is the first stage of the social life movement. In this stage, social movement s is at its initial stage, and little or no action is taken concerning the issue. Individuals might not be contented by how things are happening, but they are doing so little concerning the case. If an action has been taken, there is so little, and it might have been taken by an individual but not a group or an organization. There might be an instance where an individual has reported being dissatisfied either to a friend, family member, or social media. Despite these efforts, no actions were taken to address the issue (Ashta, 2018).

There has been a lot of debate on the first case on online hate crime. This is because some of the states passed the human rights law between the 1960-1970s. At first, before passing this law, an online hate crime was not termed as an injustice, and there were no social movements to address the issue. This made the courts not to handle the cases with the magnitude that it deserves. This could also be attributed to the fact that there were many contradictory definitions of hate speech. In their article, many authors suggest that the first crime statute was passed and made a law in the year 1981.

 Legitimacy:

 This is the second stage, which illustrates the constant social struggle and dissatisfaction with individuals and organizations coming forward to address their issues openly. People seem to understand the issues they are facing and are not contented. If they don't move forward to address these issues, the case will not move to the next stage. This stage is also characterized by emotions and dissatisfaction, made known to the general public for action to be taken. In this stage, there is the formation of social movements and organizations that fight the injustice that happens. There is also an uprising of human rights activists to handle the case. Organizations and individuals now devised a plan to take the case to another level until they are heard. 

After the rise of human rights activists and the push to make a statue that could govern and prevent online hate and harassment, there was an emergence of hate crime legislation from the year 1981 were several state statutes were approved and passed as a low. During this time, laws were passed that gave strength to movements to pursue their course (Barsky, 2017).

Renewed Claims-Making:

This is the third stage where the set laws and regulations are revised to be more comprehensive and elaborate to encompass all the areas. In this stage, there is a formation of a definite model that could be used to address social crimes. This stage is characterized by people and organizations taking more specific duties and obligations, such as the formation of a specific job or people to pursue a particular field of profession. In this stage, people encompass a more prominent political power than in the previous group with political intellectuals. At this level, organizations are fighting over superiority over the other. This fight can lead to a positive or negative impact (Rath, 2018)

After passing the hate crime statutes, human rights activists and organizations formulated to put the fight against online hate fought for the revision of this statue. Further amendments needed to be made. Some of these statues include expansion in the number of protected groups, which could define gender, sexual alignment, and disability as a possible angle to exercise hate and motivated crime in social media. Law also stated the provision of penalty for funds engaging in online hate and motivated crime.

Development of Alternative Strategies:

Although the many efforts made in ensuring that there is social change in the areas that were aggressed in the past three stages, there are some instances where the organizations and individuals who were addressing these issues are not performing to the expectation of the community. Despite these setbacks, organizations need to decide to fight social crimes and come up with techniques that can pursue the course (García-Sánchez & Güereca, 2019).

In the current day, many of the online platforms are still unregulated and conduct hateful actions without any interventions. Google, Facebook, and Twitter have already passed several policies that that can be used to regulate hate speech and unethical conduct in social media. The social media sites stated that after a lot of pressure from agencies that conserve human rights, they found the need to update their policies to encompass all the avenues that can lead to hate speech or harassment. For example, Google has passed policies that prevent youtube and other online sites from sending hateful, sector, l discrimination, and race. Other sites have also moved forward to update their policies to ensure that no hate speech is conducted through their site. There has been the development of technology that automatically delete hateful content from social media. 

Conclusion 

All around the globe, a social movement is still a significant force in bringing necessary changes by addressing issues that affect the community. Through the study of social change, one can understand the past and present societies. By drawing the connections, an individual can predict the future. This is important since people can prepare for future possibilities. 

References

Ashta, A. (2018). Lessons from Microfinance for Social Entrepreneurship Theory: The Life Cycle of The Social Enterprise. Available at SSRN 3136710.

Barsky, A. E. (2017). Social Work Practice and Technology: Ethical Issues and Policy Responses. Journal of Technology In Human Services, 35(1), 8-19.

García-Sánchez, M., & Güereca, L. P. (2019). Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment of Urban Water Systems: The Case of Mexico City. Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133464.

Rath, M. (2018). An Analytical Study of Security and Challenging Issues in Social Networking As An Emerging Connected Technology. In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference On Internet of Things and Connected Technologies (ICIoTCT) (pp. 26-27).