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Interdependent privacy (IDP) violations occur when users share personal information about others without permission, resulting in potential embarrassment, reputation loss, or harassment. There are several strategies that can be applied to protect IDP, but little is known regarding how social media users perceive IDP threats or how they prefer to respond to them. We utilized a mixed-method approach with a replication study to examine user beliefs about various government-, platform-, and user-level strategies for managing IDP violations. Participants reported that IDP represented a 'serious' online threat, and identified themselves as primarily responsible for responding to violations. IDP strategies that felt more familiar and provided greater perceived control over violations (e.g., flagging, blocking, unfriending) were rated as more effective than platform or government driven interventions. Furthermore, we found users were more willing to share on social media if they perceived their interactions as protected. Findings are discussed in relation to control paradox theory.
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Promoting interdependent privacy preservation in social media via an ethics of care
Interdependent privacy (IDP) violations among users occur at a massive scale on social media, as users share or re-share potentially sensitive photos and information about other people without permission. Given that IDP represents a collective moral concern, an ethics of care (or “care ethics”) can inform interventions to promote online privacy. Applied to cyber security and privacy, ethics of care theory puts human relationships at the center of moral problems, where caring-about supports conditions of caring-for and, in turn, protects interpersonal relationships. This position paper explores design implications of an ethics of care framework in the context of IDP preservation. First, we argue that care ethics highlights the need for a network of informed stakeholders involved in content moderation strategies that align with public values. Second, an ethics of care framework calls for psychosocial interventions at the user-level aimed toward promoting more responsible IDP decision-making among the general public. In conclusion, ethics of care has potential to provide coherence in understanding the people involved in IDP, the nature of IDP issues, and potential solutions, in turn, motivating new directions in IDP research.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2053152
- PAR ID:
- 10408864
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- Journal Name:
- Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium: Workshop on Interdependent and Multi-party Privacy
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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