Government Regulations and Their Effects on Global Social Media

This essay analyzes the impact of government regulations on social media organizations like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, focusing on data abuse scandals and compliance with cyber laws. It also examines the effects of Trump's nationalist economic policies on countries like China and the UK, particularly regarding trade tariffs and international investment. Furthermore, the essay explores opportunities for global business expansion in emerging economies like India and China, highlighting the advantages of cheap labor and a large customer base for multinational corporations. The analysis concludes that social media firms must adapt to government regulations, and Trump's policies have significantly affected international trade and investment, while emerging economies offer substantial growth opportunities for global businesses.

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Part B
a. Introduction
The essay will be based on the analysis of the effects of government regulations on
different social media organizations like, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The regulations
that are developed and implemented by the government and their possible impact on the firms
will be analysed in the essay.
Body P1
The advertisements which are provided on Facebook are able to reach the 2 billion
users which the organization has in the industry. Facebook is able to generate leads that are
related to ecommerce based operations. Instagram has a base of 500 million active users and
the engagement rates of audience are also quite high. The organization is able to gain much
more revenues from advertisements as compared to that which is gained by Facebook.
Twitter has been able to provide effective levels of connectivity to the users based on the
mainstream influencers and the niche influencers as well (Miller & Skinner, 2015). The
organization is able to gain huge amounts of revenues with the help of organic engagement.
Facebook has faced major issues in the year 2018 related to the crisis based on data
abuse scandal. The Cambridge Analytica scandal had taken place recently which was able to
affect the personal data of the customers. The scandal was mainly based on the allegations
which have been made against Facebook based on the ways by which the company had used
the data of customers in wrong way for its personal benefits (Kim, Park & Rho, 2015).
The government of countries like India have started developing guidelines which will
be able to bind the companies like, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The new
guidelines that have been set by the government under Section 79 of Information Technology
Act require the organizations to provide their response to the complaints from different

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government based entities, courts and the general public as well. The move is thereby
promoted with the help of view of the government with respect to the slow response which is
provided to the complaints as well. The regulations are further based on the false news and
rumours that are spread through the usage of different social media based platforms
(Piotroski, Wong & Zhang, 2015).
The regulations that have been developed by the government have been able to affect
the operations of the social media firms in a huge manner. The Cyber laws have led to
changes in the policies which have been developed by the organizations. The social media
firms have started operating in a more organized manner after the implementation of different
regulations in their operations (Plotke, 2018).
Conclusion
The analysis can be concluded by stating that the social media based firms need to
develop their operations in such a manner so that they are able to comply with the regulations
developed by the government. The organizations need to the manage the operations in order
maintain the sustainability in different countries. The effects of social media is quite high on
the customer base.
b. Introduction
The essay will be based on the analysis of the effects of the approach which has been
taken by Trump on the economic policies that have been developed by the countries like
China and the United Kingdom. The effect on the policies of Trump on the global business
based environment is the most important of the analysis which will be made in the essay.
Body P1
President Donald Trump has received huge number of negative responses based on
the outright declaration which has been made by him that he is a nationalist. The nationalist

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economic policies which have been developed by Trump are mainly based on the lack of
proper international co-operation. The Nationalist political parties have started increasing
recently and the parties work together in collaborative manner as well. Donald Trump has
been able to play a central role in the process of development of the economy (Wong, 2018).
The US President has portrayed like a lonely maverick in the world. The leadership
process which is followed by Donald Trump is quite informal in nature. The tone based on
politics has started changing in the nationalist direction in the recent times. The economic
policies that have been developed by Trump are mainly based on the immigration based
policies. Trump has implemented protectionism based policies in order to maintain his
nationalist ideologies (Rosyadi & Widodo, 2018).
The economic policy related to international trade based activities has been able to
affect the Chinese economy in a huge manner. The trade tariffs which have been set by the
President have a major impact on the economy of China. The effect on the trade based
policies of the US is quite high on the Chinese economy. The Chinese and the American
officials are able to make headlines in the recent months. The predictions that have been
made by different officials are based on trade war victory related factors. The lack of proper
investment by the US has a negative impact on the infrastructure of the country. Investments
are able to provide 44 percent to the nominal GDP of China (Fidler, 2017).
The organizations and industries in China have also been affected in a huge manner
by the lack of investments by different US based organizations in the country. A strong
warning has been issued by the International Monetary Fund based on the rise in debts of
China. The business based decisions that have been made by different Chinese organizations
have been influenced by the trade spat that has taken place between the US and China.
Organizations like Advantech, Giant, Inventec and Gigabyte have faced negative effects of

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the trade war. On the other hand, the organizations like, Samsung have benefitted from the
trade war as well (Lohman, 2017).
Conclusion
The essay can be concluded by stating that the nationalist based economic policies of
Trump have a major impact on the economic conditions of the countries like China and UK.
The trade war that has started between China and the US have affected the operations of
different organizations in the two countries and their economies as well.
c. Introduction
The essay will be based on the analysis of the opportunities that have been provided
to the global business organizations for expansion in different countries. The major
opportunities that are offered to the multinational organizations by emerging economies will
be analysed in the essay. The analysis will be based on different examples of modern
organizations that operate in different countries.
Body P1
An emerging economy or emerging market possesses some of the characteristics that
are similar to the developed market. However, these markets are not able to fulfil the
standards that are related to the developed market areas. The developing markets are also
termed as frontier markets. The markets of India and China are considered to be the largest
emerging markets in the world. The opportunities that are offered by the emerging markets
are considered to be quite high and the global organizations are able to benefit a lot from their
expansion based operations in the emerging markets (Santos, Pache & Birkholz, 2015). India
and China are considered to be emerging markets due to the levels of opportunities and
profitability that are offered to the customers by the two countries.

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The cheap labour that is offered by the two countries is considered to be a major
factor which can affect the operations of the multinational organizations. The production
based operations that are conducted by the global organizations in India and China are
considered to be cost effective in nature. This has been able to affect the revenue levels of the
multinational organizations and the profitability as well. The low costs based on labour have
a major impact on the multinational corporations and their operations (Wirtz, Tuzovic &
Ehret, 2015).
The multinational organizations like, Apple, Facebook, Coca Cola are provided with
immense levels of opportunities by the two major emerging economies like China and India.
The opportunities that are offered by the two countries to these multinational organizations
are huge. The customer base of the two countries in the industry are able to provide major
growth opportunities to the organizations (Manikandan & Ramachandran, 2015). The
companies will be able to operate in a profitable manner in the industry with the help of low
production based costs. The revenues of the organization have increased by implementation
of low cost labour and production based opportunities. The organizations are thereby able to
increase the revenue levels by offering their products to the huge number of customers in the
two major emerging countries or economies (Zander, McDougall-Covin & Rose, 2015).
Conclusion
The essay can be concluded by stating that the emerging economies are able to
provide effective opportunities to the global organizations. The multinational organizations
are provided with effective expansion based opportunities with the help of low labour costs
and huge customer base.

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