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Giampaolo Azzoni (University of Pavia)      How
could social media operators reduce and monitor
trash and how? Self or hetero-regulation
ethical, legal and social issues
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Law the result of a continuous process of
balancing between opposite rights which are worth
of protection
The Internet has produced a huge loss of balance
between rights
the right to the privacy or reputation vs. the
right of free speech
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The case of the dog poop girl  
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law applied to the Internet
abstract severity (exemplar punishments) mult
itude of substantial violations (widespread
illegality)
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Ways of Regulation
Self- Regulation
INDIVIDUAL MORALITY
SHARED ETHICS
Hetero- Regulation
PRIVATEAUTHORITY
STATE LAW
Inter- Subjective
Subjective
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To choose ethical self-regulation means to choose
Spontaneous order Friedrich A. von Hayek
Open society Karl Popper
Space of public opinion Jürgen Habermas
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Can communities (Gemeinschaften) constitute a
society (Gesellschaft)?
In a substantial part of blogs, intersubjectivity
is lacking

• self-reference
• solipsism
• narcissism
• extroversion of private into public
• nihilistic impulse

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Authentic communication

• opening to a plurality of points of view

• obligation to rectify undoubtedly wrong
  information

• link to other websites, even if potential
  competitors

• correctness in the use of language

• awareness of the necessity of balance between
  free speech and right to privacy and reputation

• emargination of non-ethical websites

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