Social media to prevent human trafficking

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Social media to combat human trafficking(Presentation at Seminar on the launch of State Convergent Plan of Action on Child Labour. Organised by ASSAM police on Jan 08, 2016)Dr. Ankuran DuttaAssociate Professor, Bhupen Hazarika School of Mass Communication, KKHSOUManaging Trustee, Dr. Anamika Ray Memorial Trust

this presentation is dedicated to Dr Anamika Ray

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Understanding mediaConcept of MediaTypes of MediaTraditional Folk MediaPrint MediaElectronic MediaNew MediaNew trend of mediaSocial MediaUnderstanding Social MediaCharacteristics of Social MediaPresent Status of Social Media14 February 2016 DR anamika ray memorial trust, 2015; cc-by-sa3

ICT in India14 February 2016 DR anamika ray memorial trust, 2015; cc-by-sa4ICT Performance in India20052014Lower Middle Income GroupFixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)4.52.1 4.0Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)8.074.587.1Fixed-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people)0.11.22.4Households with a computer (%)2.013.0 17.0Households with Internet access at home (%)1.615.3 18.3Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%)31 93 94

Source: The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2015, World Bank

Understanding Social mediaThe term Social media refers to web-based and mobile technologies that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts.Social media is the collective online communication channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Social media are internet based new media tools that allow people to create, share, or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and multimedia materials in virtual communities and networks that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.

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History of social media14 February 2016 DR anamika ray memorial trust, 2015; cc-by-sa6

7Cs of social mediaContributory (Participatory)ConversationalConnectednessCommonalityContents by usersCandidnessCommove Engagement

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Technologies of social media

BlogsPicture-sharing, Vlogs, Wall-postings, Email, Instant messaging, Music-sharing, Crowdsourcing Voice over IP

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Types of social mediaCollaborative projects (e.g. Wikipedia), Blogs and micro-blogs (e.g. Twitter), Content communities (e.g. Youtube), Social networking sites (e.g. Facebook), Virtual game worlds (e.g. World of Warcraft) and Virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life).

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Types of social media

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Internet users in the world

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Facebook users

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Leading social networks

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Social network users

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Engagement of social media user

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Country profile of s.n. users

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Active facebook users

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Active whatsapp users

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Social media users in India

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Human trafficking & social mediaLabour Trafficking/ Sex Trafficking and Social MediaSocial Media interventionLocation mappingTracing Identification/ Photo recognition Networking with different players/ actorsCrowdsourcing and FlaggingUse of Mobile AppsRehabilitation

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Social media interventionThe ultimate beneficiaries of any technological intervention should be the victims and survivours of human trafficking.Successful implementation of anti-trafficking technologies requires cooperation among players across government, nongovernmental, and private sectors, sharing information and communicating in a coordinated manner.Social media developers should recognize that their services and networks are being exploited by traffickers and take steps to innovate and develop anti-trafficking initiatives through their technologies and policies.Social media interventions should account for the range of human rights potentially impacted by the use of advanced technologies.Continuous involvement is necessary to ensure that tools are user-centric and refined over time to most effectively respond to shifts in technology and trafficking.

Mark Latonero ; http://technologyandtrafficking.usc.edu

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recommendationsTo control and combat human traffickingUse of Whatsapp group among the Police OfficersUse of Facebook page to create awareness and crowd participation; to share information in a public platform Use of Twitter as micro-blogging to disseminate information of missing and found etc. among the government, non government, civil society organisations.Use of Location based Social Media Monitoring Tools (eg. WeLink, Geofeedia etc.) for tracing the location of the victims.Use of Photo Sharing Social Media Tools (Eg. Flickr) for identification/ photo recognition.Use of Video calling tools like Skype for peer to peer or group discussion.Use of E-mail to lodge FIR and complaintUse of relevant social media platforms to share the laws related to human traffickingUse of social media profiles to know the personal details, habits and mentality.Use of social media platforms to maintain transference in the cases related to human trafficking.Maintain the laws related to child and women victims while using social media.

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