Moral Rights and Legal Rights in Social Media Communication Practices from the Perspective of Antiqua et Nova
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Communication activities across various social media platforms such as Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok often give rise to problems. One recurring issue is the occurrence of insults directed at individual users by others. Such insults indicate the loss of both moral and legal rights of users. This study seeks to address these issues through the lens of digital ethics as articulated in the document Antiqua et Nova. The article highlights human beings as subjects who possess both moral and legal rights in social media communication practices, based on the digital ethics outlined in the document. This is a qualitative study employing a hermeneutical method. Literature data were collected during June–July 2025. Data collection techniques included tracing, reading, and taking notes from written documents such as books, journal articles, research reports, and archives. The data were processed through content analysis using a thematic approach. The findings reveal that social media users hold the status of subjects endowed with both moral and legal rights, grounded in human intelligence, in the practice of communication across diverse social media platforms.
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