Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy and confidentiality are issues that are deeply rooted in new media. New media platforms often promote idea of free speech, this is a wonderful idea because free speech is the ultimate indicator of self expression. However, free speech as a practice has gotten out of hand. Terms such as "dox" are commonly used in new media, private information such as family and financial circumstances about an individual are revealed on the internet without the consent of the person being doxxed. Free speech also promoted hate speech, people often release and spread hate rhetoric about certain group of people based on generalizing and stereotyping. It is important to openly discuss and resolve further privacy issues because free speech being exploited by trolls are detrimental to the health of a society because they bring a lot of negativity with it. New media can also be blame for many identity theft because criminals uses public information  further their own personal gains.