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Social Media and Human Rights: An Investigation into Twitter and Facebook´s Commitment Towards Human Rights
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS).
2023 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 12 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This research paper has focused on Twitter and Meta (Facebook). The research paper will present their commitments towards human rights as stated within their CSR reports. The company’s will be compared through comparative method and the material will be coded with a content analysis method. The material selected is CSR reports, NGO reports, law cases and official statements. With institutional theory and stakeholder theory the research paper presents a human rights perspective and discuss the credibility of the companies. The focus will be on selected variables, these variables being: Access to information, Right to privacy, and Freedom of expression. A comparison will be the structure of the analysis. The findings will be presented within the conclusion and the research questions will be answered in an adequate way and discuss the credibility and legitimacy of the companies. The discussion will present the variables and the future within social media.

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2023. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
Access to information, Credibility, CSR report, Freedom of Speech, Right to privacy
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Globalisation Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-59990OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-59990DiVA, id: diva2:1762613
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KS GPS Political Science - Global Politics
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Available from: 2023-06-20 Created: 2023-06-04 Last updated: 2023-06-20Bibliographically approved

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