scholarly journals HYPOCRISY AND FALLACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA FREEDOM ON NATIONAL SECURITY: MIRRORING THE 2021 TRUMP BLOCKAGE AGAINST SELECTED AFRICAN CASES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing SİMURA
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Media Freedom

scholarly journals Influence of Social Media on National Security: Lithuanian Academic Youth Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-156
Author(s):  
Dalia PRAKAPIENĖ ◽  
Romas PRAKAPAS ◽  
Gitana DUDZEVIČIŪTĖ
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security

The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability

2020 ◽  
pp. 242-257
Author(s):  
Benedict E. DeDominicis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Competitive Interference ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Human Rights Norms ◽  
National Security State

Nuclear powers battle indirectly through competitive interference within the political systems of third actors in addition to targeting not only each other, but also their own national public opinion. Postwar global human rights norms developed to include national self-determination for all. Covert intervention became politically preferable domestically to avoid negative domestic political reactions to perceived imperialism. Covert intervention decreases political resistance and costs to the intervenor. The nature of social media content distribution makes propaganda and disinformation distribution very extensive at relatively very low cost. These trends and advantages furthered the stress on covert intervention and the formation of national security bureaucracies for engaging in it. Russian state agency internet-based covert intervention via social media in the 2016 US national elections demonstrated that the US is part of the politically globalizing postmodern world that it helped create after 1945. The surveillance capabilities of the national security state will be strengthened.

scholarly journals Seeking asylum in the digital era: social-media and mobile-device vetting in asylum procedures in five European countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten P Bolhuis ◽  
Joris van Wijk
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Private Life ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Sorting ◽  
Tools And Methods

Abstract The increasing use of social media and mobile devices by asylum seekers offers new vetting opportunities for immigration authorities, to verify the identity or to assess national-security or 1F-exclusion aspects. Based on interviews with practitioners in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, the first experiences with both of these new methods seem to be mixed, while formal evaluations of the results seem to be lacking. We argue that the increasing reliance on these methods, in combination with the further advancement of technology, raises important questions about possible infringements on the right to private life, as well as the risk of function creep and social sorting. It can be questioned to what extent the use of these new vetting tools and methods is proportional to the results they produce and to what extent fundamental human rights, including privacy, are sufficiently safeguarded.

Biden tech policy diverges from Trump's in key areas

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Inequalities

Significance However, they are integral to his plans for recovery from the COVID-19 recession and for addressing social injustice, economic inequalities, climate change, national security and China. Impacts Biden’s ability to change tech-related legislation will be constrained if the Republicans hold the Senate and Democrats the House. He could appoint a Federal Communications Commission head supportive of net neutrality and the internet as a public utility. Biden’s proposals to reshore tech manufacturing jobs are likely to be as unsuccessful as Trump’s. Perceptions of foreign interference in November’s elections could heavily colour future controls on social media.

scholarly journals Social networks as an instrument of PSYOP in foreign policy: challenge for the national security

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-28
Author(s):  
Oleg Igorevich Odnoral
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
National Security ◽  
Political Realism ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Golden Shield Project

The object of this research is the process of creating political discourse, setting the “agenda” via social media as foreign policy instrument and a threat to national security of the country. The article explores the role of the online platform in shaping public opinion and discourse in political interests. The subject of this research is the social media (social networks, video and image hosting services, blogs, etc.) Particular attention is given to structurization of the concept of social media, social networks as the instruments that form social reality and affect public opinion. Emphasis is placed on the technical aspects of the types of social networks, control, thereof. Comparative analysis is conducted on the practice of using Internet resources in China, and experience of creating the Golden Shield Project. The scientific novelty of consists in the cross-scientific analysis on the basis of the interpretive pattern of social constructionism, what distinguishes this work from the vast majority of similar research of dedicated to the use of social media as an instrument of political technologies and PSYOP. Being a cross-scientific analysis at the intersection of IT (information technology), international relations (political science), and social psychology, the study leans on the theoretical concepts of political realism and neorealism, psychological constructivism and behavioral psychology. The author underlines the importance of comprehensive approach towards leveling the potential threats of using social media as an instrument of PSYOP. First and foremost, it pertains to the development of a coherent all-encompassing system with ideological and value foundation for creating the discourse. The article describes the relevant approaches towards the “sovereign Internet"; carries out comparative analysis of the Chinese experience and Russian ineffective initiatives, such as blocking separately resources, shortage of public-private partnership in the IT sector (by analogy with the extremely successful experience of China in this sphere). The author offers a general frame of possible steps on ensuring national security in the online platform of social media.

scholarly journals Fake Image Detection

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 1140-1145
Author(s):  
S. Shalini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Image Detection ◽  
The People ◽  
The Common ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Text Images

In this technological generation, social media plays an important role in people’s daily life. Most of them share text, images and videos on social media(Instagram, Facebook, Twitter ,etc.,). Images are one of the common types of media share among users on social media. So, there is a chance for monitoring of images contained in social media. So most of the people can fabricate these images and disseminate them widely in a very short time, which treats the creditability of the news and public confidence in the means of social communication. So here this research has attempted to propose an approach which will extract image content, classify it and verify that the image is false or true and uncovers the manipulation. There are many unwanted contents in social media such as threats and forged images, which may cause many issues to the society and also national security. This approach aims to build a model that can be used to classify social media content to detect any threats and forged images.

scholarly journals THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 FAKE NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT AMONG MALAYSIANS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Suhaila Ngadiron ◽  
Azureen Abd Aziz ◽  
Saheera Sardar Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Psychosocial Impact ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Common Trend

The problem of spreading fake news is not something new in this globalized era. However, nowadays, it has become a common trend among our Malaysians. In the current situation of our country Malaysia, the platform of social media is portrayed as the most suitable platform to spread rumors and fake news all over. Since the country is plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic, a variety of news and stories are served before our eyes on various social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, or Instagram. These deleterious actions can actually have a detrimental effect on social, economic growth, national security as well as psychosocial impact. Findings show that information easier to obtain; easily believe in whatever they read and self-satisfaction are the main reasons for an individual who tends to have the tendency to spread fake news.

scholarly journals PROPAGANDA ISSUES OF RACISM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRIGGER SOCIAL VIOLENCE IN PAPUA AND WEST PAPUA IN 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
M. Alfi Rajabi Nasution ◽  
Surya Wiranto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Massive Scale ◽  
The Government

<p>Racism events that took place in the Papua Student Dormitory, Surabaya, East Java had a long tail by causing mass protests and riots in Papua and West Papua from 19 August 2019 to 23 September 2019. Mass riots by Papuans and Papuan native students were triggered by the problem of spreading propaganda on the issue of racism on a massive scale through social media by exploiting the issue of racism that is happening in the city of Surabaya. This study uses propaganda theory, social conflict theory, and national security theory in analyzing these problems. This study uses qualitative research methods with a descriptive analysis approach. Sources of data obtained through interviews, observation, and literature studies. The results showed that the propaganda issue of racism was the cause of mass unrest and social conflict in Papua and West Papua; the propaganda issue of racism is very effective in achieving its broader goals of changing the attitudes and behavior of Papuan and Papuan indigenous students to be destructive and gaining local and international support by creating negative opinions as material to delegitimize and discredit the Government of Indonesia, and the propaganda issue of racism has resulted in damage to social relations with other Indonesian people and the potential for social conflict that can threaten national security.</p>

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