Trial By Social Media

It has been well documented lately that uploading compromising pictures can have lifelong consequences. Images depicting drunken behaviour, explicit sexual activity to attending sporting events or social activities whilst on ‘sick leave‘ can all have lifelong consequences.

Lord Leveson of the United Kingdom recently spoke at a privacy seminar in Sydney recently and given he led the inquiry into the British phone hacking scandal he is well qualified to remind us of ‘trial by social media‘ and its consequences.

The following article in the The Age Newspaper clearly identifies this digital age phenomena that is gripping our society and ruining the lives of school children, adolescents and adults alike.

Awareness, education and communication are paramount tools in the fight against the surge in ‘trial by social media’ and the more aware we all are of the ramifications of inappropriate social media activity the less damage will be incurred by all.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/leveson-warns-of-trial-by-social-media-20121207-2aznx.html

English: Infographic on how Social Media are being used, and how everything is changed by them. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)