SJD1501/ ASSIGNMENT 07
NAME :
STUDENT NUMBER:
SUBJECT: SOCIAL DEMENSIONS OF JUSTICE
MODULE CODE: SJD1501
ASSESSMENT TYPE: EXAMANATION/ PORTFOLIO
DUE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2021
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY DECLARATION
Declaration : I,( your name and surname)
1. I understand what academic dishonesty entails and am aware of unisa’s
policies in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I have used
someone else’s work, I have indicated this by using the prescribed style of
referencing. Every contribution to, and quotation in, this assignment from the
work or works of other people has been referenced according to this style.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as his or her own.
4. I did not make use of another student’s work and submitted it as my own.
, NAME : ( your name and surname)
SIGNTURE : ( intials and surname)
STUDENT NUMBER :
MODULE CODE : SJD1501
DATE : 18 October 2021
QUESTION 1
1.1. The Impact of social media on the constitutional right to privacy
In terms of South African law. The right to privacy is under the terms of the common
law and section 14 of the Constitution of South Africa 1996. Social media plays a huge
role in our society and forms an easy way of communication and status within the
current world, but with social media being beneficial there are complications with the
privacy of the people. Sharing one’s details with companies or store markets for
benefits whilst having to deal with options of being tracked or pestered by
advertisements seems to be as if the privacy of a person’s communication being
attacked. Sometimes a person’s privacy can be affected through their own decisions.
A person may share something and depend on the content of what’s been shared, the
shared post may be in the possession of other people who had found such post. This
can also be viewed as a way for someone to mock or cause hatred to the person who
initially shared. People should be aware that once someone posts private information
on social media; their information can be published of sort by normal forms of media
or news.
YOU MAY COMBINE THE ABOVE DISCUSSION WITH THE ONE BELOW:
We as we all know that Social media is a computer-based technology that facilitates
the sharing of ideas and information and the building of virtual networks and
communities. Thus, it has an affirmative coupled with a negative impact on the
, constitutional right to privacy; since it is utilized to share and spread people’s
anonymities not only locally but globally. Social media is a computer-based technology
that facilitates the sharing of ideas and information and the building of virtual networks
and communities. Thus, it has an affirmative coupled with a negative impact on the
constitutional right to privacy; since it is utilized to share and spread people’s
anonymities not only locally but globally. Furthermore, the use of social media has led
to numerous lawsuits of defamatory statements made on social media both in South
Africa and abroad.
In legal terms, privacy is described as an individual condition of life characterised by
exclusion from publicity. Even in the constitutional democracy this right can never be
absolute. One of the main problems confronting people in the information era is the
threat that social media poses to an individual’s right to privacy. privacy is also a core
of our democratic values and therefore an individual has an interest in the protection
of his or her right. Although privacy concerns are deeply rooted in the history, privacy
protection as a public policy question can be regarded as a comparatively notion.
1.2 The impact of social media on freedom of expression Freedom of
Expression
The right to freedom of expression entails that a person has the freedom of the press
and other media; freedom to receive or impart information or ideas; freedom of artistic
creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research. However, this
does exclude propaganda for war; incitement of imminent violence; or advocacy of
NAME :
STUDENT NUMBER:
SUBJECT: SOCIAL DEMENSIONS OF JUSTICE
MODULE CODE: SJD1501
ASSESSMENT TYPE: EXAMANATION/ PORTFOLIO
DUE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2021
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY DECLARATION
Declaration : I,( your name and surname)
1. I understand what academic dishonesty entails and am aware of unisa’s
policies in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I have used
someone else’s work, I have indicated this by using the prescribed style of
referencing. Every contribution to, and quotation in, this assignment from the
work or works of other people has been referenced according to this style.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as his or her own.
4. I did not make use of another student’s work and submitted it as my own.
, NAME : ( your name and surname)
SIGNTURE : ( intials and surname)
STUDENT NUMBER :
MODULE CODE : SJD1501
DATE : 18 October 2021
QUESTION 1
1.1. The Impact of social media on the constitutional right to privacy
In terms of South African law. The right to privacy is under the terms of the common
law and section 14 of the Constitution of South Africa 1996. Social media plays a huge
role in our society and forms an easy way of communication and status within the
current world, but with social media being beneficial there are complications with the
privacy of the people. Sharing one’s details with companies or store markets for
benefits whilst having to deal with options of being tracked or pestered by
advertisements seems to be as if the privacy of a person’s communication being
attacked. Sometimes a person’s privacy can be affected through their own decisions.
A person may share something and depend on the content of what’s been shared, the
shared post may be in the possession of other people who had found such post. This
can also be viewed as a way for someone to mock or cause hatred to the person who
initially shared. People should be aware that once someone posts private information
on social media; their information can be published of sort by normal forms of media
or news.
YOU MAY COMBINE THE ABOVE DISCUSSION WITH THE ONE BELOW:
We as we all know that Social media is a computer-based technology that facilitates
the sharing of ideas and information and the building of virtual networks and
communities. Thus, it has an affirmative coupled with a negative impact on the
, constitutional right to privacy; since it is utilized to share and spread people’s
anonymities not only locally but globally. Social media is a computer-based technology
that facilitates the sharing of ideas and information and the building of virtual networks
and communities. Thus, it has an affirmative coupled with a negative impact on the
constitutional right to privacy; since it is utilized to share and spread people’s
anonymities not only locally but globally. Furthermore, the use of social media has led
to numerous lawsuits of defamatory statements made on social media both in South
Africa and abroad.
In legal terms, privacy is described as an individual condition of life characterised by
exclusion from publicity. Even in the constitutional democracy this right can never be
absolute. One of the main problems confronting people in the information era is the
threat that social media poses to an individual’s right to privacy. privacy is also a core
of our democratic values and therefore an individual has an interest in the protection
of his or her right. Although privacy concerns are deeply rooted in the history, privacy
protection as a public policy question can be regarded as a comparatively notion.
1.2 The impact of social media on freedom of expression Freedom of
Expression
The right to freedom of expression entails that a person has the freedom of the press
and other media; freedom to receive or impart information or ideas; freedom of artistic
creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research. However, this
does exclude propaganda for war; incitement of imminent violence; or advocacy of
