Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Corporations

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Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Corporations
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Introduction
The role of the transnational ICT sector (Internet Communications Technology) is
broadly explored. The right to privacy of companies has been defined. The subject matter is very
controversial when it comes to exploring the different rights- right to freedom and right to
expression. A Transnational ICT company must be involved with surveillance and state
censorship and how the matters are conflicted upon the corporate governance and global network
initiatives. This is an industry which is dependent on the information effort. The companies must
engage in responsible business efforts, especially in the social media sector. The assessment of
human rights must be advocated within the different ICT companies.
The Background-Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media
Corporations
This is a digitized world where social media play a bigger role. Social media can have a
lot of impetus on the perception of human beings and underlying motives. The internet has
played an important role to upsurge the violent activities of various groups which has been
protesting for the freedom of expression and freedom of right within the community. The
internet revolution has been brought through the social media sites like Facebook and major
search engine Google (George, 2018). The pro-democratic process can be brought into the new
marketplaces through the active corporate social responsibility acts and different protest
programs. The motive behind all these protests on social media is to bring the dubbed revolution
2.0 and effective distribution of information through the various protest groups. However, there
exists a group of users which have been actively using the social media sites for spreading the
constructive information in public. The influence of corporations has been to create the members

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public through the sharing of ideas and personal information. The communications technology
has been complicit in surveillance reports and censorship. The international media has been
covering the case of Shi Tao and highlighted the role of consistency with the Chinese law
(Bashir, Papamichail & Malik, 2017).
The ICT industry needs to align the conduct and human rights and major issues related
with corporate complicity must be taken into account. The fundamental human rights law has
been to protect the rights and privacy of people and this can sever the individuals as well as open
societies. Expression to right and freedom is central to human development, corporate
governance and different societies. Everyone has been given the right to freedom of expression
that can provide opinion without seeking any interference and also can impart information
through the help of media (Weiser, 2012). The right to expression has not been unlimited; there
have been imposed limits on how the state party can limit the expression. There are certain
restrictions on expression and this must be provided through the law. There are certain laws
which limit the permit invasion and privacy right and must be made proportionate competent in
making it against the interest of state. The present law must be able to safeguard the authorities
which can arbitrarily invade the autonomy. The protection must be to protect the freedom of
expression of different society groups and individuals who work for the society (Richards, 2006).
The Legal Implications
The ability of exchanging information and ideas has been improvised through media
groups. Ideas and information travel at a faster speed due to social media. The legal implications
of higher surveillance levels have been highlighted. For the exchange of convenience and ease of
use, the information is shared across the devices. For instance-fitness apps are used various

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devices to track the distance. The uninterrupted use of technologies has vast consequences for
implications on right to privacy. Recognition of new realties, international corporations provide
guidance on how human rights must be revised. The existence of institutions which have a role
playing in the monitoring compliance and state commitments has been explained with respect to
the communication technologies (Kim & Choi, 2007).
The concerned state parties and companies must provide the account of advancements
made in communication and technology like mobile based and internet based technologies must
have a major impetus on the substantial dissemination systems. The companies are required to
take all the necessary steps to provide media independence and access to individuals and society
groups. Right to privacy and human rights hold offline must be protected online. This is the era
of digital communications where the policies and laws must be reviewed and personal data
inconsistency must be eradicated with protection of privacy rights (Martin, 2016). There are
certain privacy aspects with relevance to ICT industry and this includes data protection and
internet correspondence. There are certain resolutions which have been implemented with the
view to personal data collection and communication surveillance with relevance to
inconsistencies existing within the system. The companies need to adhere with the corporate
social responsibility practices for administration of the society groups and individuals. The
rethinking of rights and information protection is must for the ICT companies. The government
needs to take global initiatives on regulating the rights of activist on social media (Yang & Kent,
2014).
Key Ethical Issues
The key moral issues are enumerated below-