I. INTRODUCTION:

Cyber ethics is the study of ethics pertaining to computers, covering user behavior and what computers are programmed to do, and how this affects individuals and society. For years, various governments have enacted regulations while organizations have explained policies about cyber ethics. With the increase of youth using the internet, it is now very essential than ever to bring awareness on cyber ethics and impact of social networking. It is especially hard to talk to teens because they do not want to be lectured about what is right and wrong. They seem to think they have it all sorts out. That is why is it is important to instill appropriate cyber etiquette at an early age.

Use of social media platform is increasing among youth to communicate with friends, family and to learn new things which interests them and which is entertaining. The role of Internet in personal and professional lives of people has increased dramatically during the last decade and today people use Internet for many different purposes including education, shopping, communication, working, entertainment etc. Social media sites have also grown in numbers by leaps and bounds. These numbers are huge – there are 7.7 billion people in the world, with at least 3.5 billion of us online. This means social media platforms are used by one-in-three people in the world, and more than two-thirds of all internet users.

II. LITERATURE REVIEW:

“Cyber” is a prefix used to describe people, things, or ideas that are connected with computers and the internet [13]. Therefore, cyber ethics is closely related to the development of internet technology, so that some definition of cyber ethics will include the internet or online terms in it. Indeed, some sources call cyber ethics with internet ethics. Cyber ethics is really about social responsibility in cyberspace [16]. As stated in [17], Cyber ethics is a system of standards that prescribe morality and immorality in cyberspace, signifying the preservation of freedom of expression, intellectual property, and privacy. Other definition of cyber ethics can be found in [16], that is cyber ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad, and with moral duty and obligation as they pertain to online environments and digital media.

Lot of literature is available now days on the social networking sites and their impact on the youth of any nation, children, adolescence and families as during the last 5 years, usage of such sites has increased among preadolescents and adolescents. There are frequent online expressions of offline behaviors, as clique-forming, harassment, and sexual testing according to a research (Lenheart A., 2009). In fact research also states that parents need to be aware of the type; content and nature of social media sites as maximum of them are not suitable for youth.

Other interesting opinions related to the computer ethics can be seen in the [14]. The paper has presented computer ethics as neither a list of ethical principles to obey, nor a technology deprived of certain values while implementing those principles. Thus, computer ethics urges scholars to revisit computer technology and its values [14]. Even though computer ethics is a field related to and in between science and ethics, it is a unique and holistic discipline providing principles for understanding, conceptualization and computer technology use [14]. Brey in [15] suggests that there exist two parts of computer ethics, i.e. mainstream computer ethics and disclosive computer ethics. We consider, in accordance with our focus, mainstream computer ethics is relevant to our discussion.

III. CYBER ETHICS:

With the increase of young children using the internet, it is now very essential than ever to tell children about how to properly operate the internet and its dangers. It is especially hard to talk to teens because they do not want to be lectured about what is right and wrong. They seem to think they have it all sorts out.[12]

Organizations can improve their practices by adopting a code of conduct, promoting awareness pertaining to ethical issues in ICT, establishing clear policies regarding responsible use of ICT resources, etc. Professional bodies can also contribute to these efforts by updating their codes of conduct, giving guidance to younger/new members, and keeping the debate alive on these issues.

The academic institutions are responsible for the education of young people and should therefore include these concerns in the academic and research programs. Students should be sensitized to these issues and be given guidance on how to identify ethical issues and how to make decisions. Furthermore, these issues could be included in academic curricula and students could be given guidance on ethical decision-making and responsible practice. Evaluation should be put into place as to determine whether the efforts are successful. From a value-based or religious perspective an educator will guide a student with specific questions e.g. What is true? What is worth doing? Will this software aid in solving the problem? etc. (Huggins, 1994). These questions will give guidance in other aspects of life as well. The educator can help develop awareness to these and other issues when guiding their computing students. It is important that the individual realizes what his/her basis or normative framework is so that his/her actions could be according to that basis.

IV. IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE YOUTH:

Many researchers were found that the social networking sites are acting as great medium for view mobilization [11]. Youth is raising their voice against social acts like violation of Human Rights, corruption etc. These social networking sites are proving themselves an advantage at least in bringing opinion of people on these social issues. Youth are getting more aware about the social issues mainly from Facebook. But instead of getting the knowledge the youth generally don’t discuss them, they just share it or like it and the issue just remains focused on web only. Most of the people think that youth can play a positive role in changing our society which is represent in most of the responses to different queries. So we should focus on the ethical use of these SNS so that it serves our society in a right way and the youth can play an important role. In one hand it provides away to connect our dear ones on the other side it gives a dais that become danger for our tradition and culture. The Table 1 shows the number of social networking sites users. WhatsApp and Facebook are the most popular website of all the other social networking sites. The Table 2 shows the corruption, Communication, Sharing of personal profile and Entertainment are the most popular issue discussed over the SNS.

Table 1. Age wise social networking sites users [11]

Social Networking sites	Teenagers	Young adults	Adults	Working adults	Frequency	%	Cumulative Percentage
	(12-17)	(18-21)	(22 +)	(22 +)	Frequency	%	Cumulative Percentage
Facebook	49	44	30	21	144	36	36
Whatsapp	22	42	45	51	160	40	76
Twitter	12	3	8	6	29	7.25	83.25
Orkut	0	0	0	3	3	0.75	84
Linkedin	3	5	3	4	15	3.75	87.75
Youtube	9	3	8	5	25	6.25	94
Flikr	5	3	4	9	21	5.25	99.25
Myspace	0	0	2	1	3	0.75	100
Total	100	100	100	100	400	100

Table 2. Issues discussed over the SNS [11]

Use of the social networking sites	Teenagers	Young adults	Adults	Working adults	Frequency	%	Cumulative Percentage
	(12-17)	(18-21)	(22 +)	(22 +)	Frequency	%	Cumulative Percentage
Corruption	0	14	41	40	95	23.75	23
Education	1	2	4	0	7	1.75	41
Entertainment	19	23	22	11	75	18.75	53
Communication	31	24	25	10	90	22.5	55
Human Rights	3	1	3	23	30	7.5	70
Sharing personal profile	46	33	2	4	85	21.25	85
Discussing Social issues	0	3	3	12	18	4.5	97
	100	100	100	100	400	100	100

Figure 1. Use of social networking sites [11]

V. CONCLUSION:

Youth is raising their voice against social acts like violation of Human Rights, corruption etc. These social networking sites are proving themselves an advantage at least in bringing opinion of people on these social issues. Youth are getting more aware about the social issues mainly from Facebook. But instead of getting the knowledge the youth generally don’t discuss them, they just share it or like it and the issue just remains focused on web only. Most of the people think that youth can play a positive role in changing our society which is represent in most of the responses to different queries. So we should focus on the ethical use of these SNS so that it serves our society in a right way and the youth can play an important role because SNS is a blessing and curse both for the Indian society.

The nature of technology development indicates that, ethic of future will have a global character. Also, the discussion reveals the significant differences between computer ethics researchers and their appropriate topics whereas it shows the need of more deep research with respect to educational context and industrial developments.

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Received on 21.05.2020 Accepted on 17.06.2020

Research J. Engineering and Tech. 2020;11(2):37-40.

DOI: 10.5958/2321-581X.2020.00006.9