SOCIAL JUSTICE DIMENSION 1501 (SJD1501)
Name:
Surname:
Student number:
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 7
DUE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2021
UNIVERTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
UNIQUE NUMBERS:
OCTOBER 2021
___________________________________________________________________________
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,ACADEMIC HONESTY DECLARATION
Declaration
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 work.
4. I did not make use of another student's work and submitted it as my own.
NAME :
SIGNATURE :
STUDENT NUMBER :
DATE :
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, 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.
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Name:
Surname:
Student number:
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 7
DUE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2021
UNIVERTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
UNIQUE NUMBERS:
OCTOBER 2021
___________________________________________________________________________
_______
1
,ACADEMIC HONESTY DECLARATION
Declaration
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 work.
4. I did not make use of another student's work and submitted it as my own.
NAME :
SIGNATURE :
STUDENT NUMBER :
DATE :
2
, 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.
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