Share photos and videos with friends and family

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 469.

Be careful what you post

Etiquette and Libel

Social networks are like a notice board, the content you put there can be seen by a lot of people so it is important to take that in to consideration when writing your thoughts on certain subject matter.

On an online social network any comment you post is clearly linked to you and your profile. If you are using social networks, you need to take care what you put up there and be mindful of other people's feelings. In law, the terms that relate to are 'libel' and 'defamation'.

Status updates on your social network are covered by these laws, so be very careful what you write. Libel is defined as 'defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures'.

Defamation law was created to protect individuals or organisations from unwarranted, mistaken or untruthful attacks on their reputation.

Sharing photos and videos with your friends and family online is also much easier then trying to gather them all in your living room for a slide show.

Once you upload photos to the internet, people on your social network can view, share and comment on them. You can even specify who appears in a picture, by "tagging" them; the person will then receive a notification through their social network that they are in the photo.

Just as you would in real life, you can also use social networks to create albums and group different photos together, for instance your recent holiday photos or photos of the office party.

You can also upload and share videos, just in the same way that you share photos.