social media [ social medium | social network ]

virtual community [ cybercommunity | e-community | online community | social networking | Online social networks(ECLAS) ]

handling of social media strategies | management of social media | computer media management | social media management

social network analysis | SNA [Abbr.]

social networking

social media optimization

social media optimisation | SMO | social media optimization

International Network for Social Network Analysis

Social media networks cannot deprive consumers of their right to go to court in their Member State of residence; Social media networks cannot require consumers to waive mandatory rights, such as their right to withdraw from an on-line purchase; Terms of services cannot limit or totally exclude the liability of Social media networks in connection with the performance of the service; Sponsored content cannot be hidden, but should be identifiable as such; Social media networks cannot unilaterally change terms and conditions without clearly informing cons ...[+++]umers about the justification and without given them the possibility to cancel the contract, with adequate notice; Terms of services cannot confer unlimited and discretionary power to social media operators on the removal of content.

This will be achieved by requiring the Member States to increase their preparedness and improve their cooperation with each other, and by requiring operators of critical infrastructures, such as energy, transport, and key providers of information society services (e-commerce platforms, social networks, etc), as well as public administrations to adopt appropriate steps to manage security risks and report serious incidents to the national competent authorities.

whereas Vietnam ranks 175th out of 180 in Reporters without Borders’ 2016 World Press Freedom Index of 2016, with the print and broadcast media being controlled by the CPV, the military or other government bodies; whereas Decree 72 of 2013 further restricts speech on blogs and social media, with Decree 174 of 2014 enforcing harsh penalties on social media and internet users who voice ‘anti-state propaganda’ or ‘reactionary ideologies’.

12. Notes that KSA has, reportedly, the highest ratio of Twitter users in the world indicating the strong role of internet-based social networks in the country and the increasing use of the internet and social networks among women; calls on the KSA authorities to allow independent press and media and ensure freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly for all inhabitants of KSA; regrets the repression of activists and protesters when they demonstrate peacefully; stresses that the peaceful advocacy of basic legal rights or making critical remarks using social media are expressions of an indispensable right, as Parliament ha ...[+++]s stressed in its report on digital freedom; emphasises that freedom of the press and media, both online and offline, is essential in a free society and forms a crucial check on power;