Inspection of Ethical and Privacy Concerns in Online Social Networks
D Chandana, M R Sankalp, Sheela Kathavate, Aruna S · 2025
As the prevalence of Online Social Networks (OSNs) are created, it is apparent that questions related to ethics and privacy become more ambiguous and this paper aims at giving an overview on privacy concomitants and ethical concerns surrounding OSNs, with especial attention to the susceptibility of the user data, ethical dilemmas with regard to content regulating and the impact of policies and regulations. The proposed system provides the entry to establish the enhanced, sound, and fairly protected user privacy and ethical policies for OSNs with the help of boosted privacy-related settings, decentralised identity management, the utilisation of homomorphic encryption, and federated learning. It also underlines the need to have adaptive privacy dashboards, information accessibility real-time data, and other ethical measures keeping risks like cyberbullying and unauthorized usage of data checked. The study also examines new trends which have been occasioned by artificial intelligence in content moderation and the legal development aspect of it. As much as this survey focuses on current practices and asks questions in support of proactive measures, it seeks to enlighten policy makers on the best practices to engage in and create awareness to positive handling of user data in OSNs for the safety of users, as well as promoting ethical usage of the social networking systems.