Cyberspace as a social medium for Human Rights/political debates

Human Rights & Economic Discussions Find A New Medium

Cyberspace is also known as the "information highway." this highway has many four way stops that branch out to a wide variety of subject oriented information. The use of the world wide web is always being redefined   In the past decade the internet has become a platform for political debates, human rights discussion and a place to keep with with current events around the globe.  Human Rights activists use social media to connect with others who share the same ideas.  These social media platforms are used as a three-way connection with peers and followers who feel strongly about the issue and can share their opinions with others.

Example of Human Rights Organizations - The World is Thirsty? So Pay It Forward!



Should there be an Internet Bill of Rights?  Get an analysis of the situation in the video below:

Children's Safety Online

Much of the majority of Human Rights organizations that are connecting globally via cyberspace are discussions about gay marriage, abortion, governments around the world, piracy acts, privacy rights, cyber-crime and issues in the communities of third world countries.

One of the biggest concerns online is that in America we have the freedom of speech and digital sharing, but when it comes to child pornography these lines of these rights are crossed.  Cellular devices and laptops with built in cameras are causing a privacy scare with parents of young children.  With online chatrooms these kids are being a target for sickos online.  With Skype and other social media applications, anonymous people can connect with children and talk them into sharing their picture or even hack their camera; taking many shots.  Human Rights activists are buzzing around this subject and trying to form boundaries, but when it comes to inappropriate activity online that involves children, there is no way to block each sexual offender that connects to cyberspace.  Create better tactics and guidelines for children are a must in today school systems; children need to understand how public the internet can be and that not everyone using a chat room is there to be your friend.

Another huge privacy right also concern children using cyberspace for leisure activities while other sources are accessing the computer.  Sexual and porn related pop-ups are becoming a serious problem for parents who have family computers.  Kids as young as six years old are seeing sexual ads while playing online games.

Below is a brief video about Saftey Online with Kids

Gay Marriage

Changing subject to another prominent issue using social media is gay marriage.  Facebook users are changing their profile picture to support the right for gay marriage.  See the video below for a better depiction of the situation:

Social Media and Poverty

Poverty is a huge concern is most of the third world countries.  Social media tools like YouTube and Facebook are used to discuss and inform cyberspace users about their struggles.

Click on the right to see how Christian Aid is broadcasting poverty issues via Facebook and other social media platforms.

Websites like "FreeRice.com" are allowing interactive proticipation in poverty.  Playing a game or questionaire on this website allows third world countries to be feed. Each point a visitor to the website gets right is translated  to  ten grains of rice.

World Hunger Public Service Announcement - How Social Media Can Help!

Politics In Social Media (Local or Viral?)