Facebook Live Killings – Assignment
Assignment 1: Facebook Live Killings
Read the article “Cleveland Shooting Highlights Facebook’s Responsibility in Policing Depraved Videos” located at http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/cleveland-shooting-highlights-facebook-s-responsibility-policing-depraved-videos-n747306.
Write a 4–5-page paper in which you do the following:
Discuss whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
Suggest and elaborate on three ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
Propose two safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on whether or not it should create these roles.
Propose two changes Facebook should adopt to encourage the ethical use of its platform.
Use the (Strayer University Library) to locate two quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference, and proprietary websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides; citations and follow the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:
Analyze the legal standing and situation of a specific business to achieve a defined result.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric:
NAME: LEG500 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1: FACEBOOK LIVE KILLINGS
DESCRIPTION: LEG500 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1: FACEBOOK LIVE KILLINGS
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Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A LEG500-A1-1
1. Discuss whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 29.38 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
Points Range: 29.4 (10.5%) – 33.58 (11.99%)
Partially discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
Points Range: 33.6 (12%) – 37.78 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
Points Range: 37.8 (13.5%) – 42 (15%)
Thoroughly discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
LEG500-A1-2
2. Suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 39.17 (13.99%)
Did not submit or incompletely suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
Points Range: 39.2 (14%) – 44.77 (15.99%)
Partially suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
Points Range: 44.8 (16%) – 50.37 (17.99%)
Satisfactorily suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
Points Range: 50.4 (18%) – 56 (20%)
Thoroughly suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
LEG500-A1-3
3. Propose two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 39.17 (13.99%)
Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
Points Range: 39.2 (14%) – 44.77 (15.99%)
Partially proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
Points Range: 44.8 (16%) – 50.37 (17.99%)
Satisfactorily proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
Points Range: 50.4 (18%) – 56 (20%)
Thoroughly proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
LEG500-A1-4
4. Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on whether or not they should create these roles.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 29.38 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they did not submit or incompletely discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they did not submit or incompletely debated on whether or not they should create these roles.
Points Range: 29.4 (10.5%) – 33.58 (11.99%)
Partially determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they partially discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they partially debated on whether or not they should create these roles.
Points Range: 33.6 (12%) – 37.78 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they satisfactorily discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they satisfactorily debated on whether or not they should create these roles.
Points Range: 37.8 (13.5%) – 42 (15%)
Thoroughly determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they thoroughly discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they thoroughly debated on whether or not they should create these roles.
LEG500-A1-5
5. Propose two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 29.38 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
Points Range: 29.4 (10.5%) – 33.58 (11.99%)
Partially proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
Points Range: 33.6 (12%) – 37.78 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
Points Range: 37.8 (13.5%) – 42 (15%)
Thoroughly proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
LEG500-A1-6
6. 2 references
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 9.79 (3.5%)
No references provided
Points Range: 9.8 (3.5%) – 11.19 (4%)
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.
Points Range: 11.2 (4%) – 12.59 (4.5%)
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
Points Range: 12.6 (4.5%) – 14 (5%)
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
LEG500-A1-7
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 19.59 (7%)
More than 6 errors present
Points Range: 19.6 (7%) – 22.39 (7.99%)
5-6 errors present
Points Range: 22.4 (8%) – 25.19 (9%)
3-4 errors present
Points Range: 25.2 (9%) – 28 (10%)
0-2 errors present
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Facebook’s Role in Crime Prevention
The development of Facebook and its consequent increase in popularity created much disruption in the communication industry. In particular, Facebook resulted in improved desire among people that they could communicate freely, and cheaply, to others in real-time. Among the most recent developments by the company has been the live video feed,
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