The Social Media: A Setback to an Effective Protectionof Human Rights Within the Cameroonian Legal District
Keywords:
Social Media, public-private coorperation, ICT revolution, aforementioned, effective protectionAbstract
The changing patterns of social interactions caused by the ICT revolution has made inevitable the
continuous existence and usage of social media. The usage of social media cuts virtually across every
sector of human society and has been embraced by human rights activists who for a while now have
used it to promote and uphold human right standards. However, this same social media that has
always been the vector for upholding, promoting and decrying violations of human rights in and
around the world is today being used as the appropriate place to commit and execute acts of human
rights violations mindful of existing international and national instruments regulating both social
media and human rights. It is on like that we indulge in this study to identify and examine the various
ways through which human rights are violated on social media. Our analysis and conclusions are
backed by information gathered from both primary and secondary sources. Our finding portray
different dimensions of human rights violation ranging from defamation to cyberstalking, with some
even leading to the death of victims, as recorded in cases of cyber bullying. Based on the aforementioned, we recommend for the introduction of information filtering system, and equally a
more effective public-private cooperation especially with service providers.
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