The Legal Challenges of Social Media

Lorna E Gillies; David Mangan

The Legal Challenges of Social Media

Lorna E Gillies, David Mangan

Law

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Abstract

Social media enables instant access to individual self-expression and the sharing of information. Social media issues are boundless, permeating distinct legal disciplines. The law has struggled to adapt and for good reason: how does the law regulate this medium over the public/private law divide? This book engages with the legal implications of social media from public and private law perspectives and outlines how the law, in various legal sub-disciplines and with varying success, has endeavoured to adapt existing tools to social media.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Oxford
Number of pages	256
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Law, Technology and Society
Publisher	Elgar

Keywords

social media
internet law
public-private divide
regulation
law and social media
internet society

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