“Balancing freedom of speech against the responsibility to live up to social and legal expectations has proven to be an ongoing challenge. In your essay, propose a legal framework or technological mechanism (e.g.,” ubiquitous content filtering”) for ensuring the maximum freedom and safety for all users of the web. Your proposal should describe the rules, and procedures required to implement your solution, and provide two hypothetical examples of how it would work in practice”……..unless there is another idea i was thinking about censoring the “f…” word from social media

A Mechanism for Censoring Profane Words from Social Media

Profanity was deemed blasphemous and was punishable by law as determined by Justice Francis W. Murphy in the case Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) (Methven, 2018, pp. 63). Profanity and Criminal Justice However, the use of profane words cannot be banned categorically within the First Amendment jurisprudence, but can only by regulated under specific circumstances in consistence with the provisions of the First Amendment. In the recent past, a series of new precedence has been set, leading to developments in the legal realms of free and protected speech (Methven, 2017, pp. 49). Profanity and Criminal Justice Profanity can be non-protected speech under certain circumstances, and some states continue to criminalize it. To guarantee optimal maximum freedom of speech while simultaneously protecting the safety of all users of the web, this proposal provides a framework for regulating profane words such as the “f…k” word from social media and content streaming platforms Profanity and Criminal Justice.

Social media and content streaming sites such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Hulu, Netflix, and Vimeo host scores of guests from mixed ages and social backgrounds. However, there exists unprecedented use of profane and cursing words such as “f…k” which are emotionally powerful, and which may intrigue emotional, physiological, and psychological violence (Leetaru, 2018, para. 4). There needs to be legislations targeting such media, directing them to clarify and enforce specific policies that regulate the use of profane vocabulary by content creators Profanity and Criminal Justice.

 

Demonetization of material is the primary way in which this approach will assist in reducing the use of this profane curse word through censoring. Three key areas should be targeted in the proposed regulation framework. These areas include censoring content with the profane word, censoring thumbnail images suggesting the profane word, and censoring the language used at the beginning of monetized material if they contain the “f…” word (e.g. the first 30 seconds). Also, by enacting the proposed legal framework, content creators will focus on creating contextual content that is free of profanity and foul emotions in fear of demonetization Profanity and Criminal Justice.

References

Leetaru, K. ( 2018, Jun 18). Should Social Media Ban Profanity And Name Calling? Retrieved from Forbes Magazine: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/06/18/should-social-media-ban-profanity-and-name-calling/?sh=611abdfb48c9

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