Risks, threats, and vulnerabilities related to social media platforms and search engines. Regulations and national legal frameworks

Authors

  • Dănuţ MAFTEI Academia de Poliţie „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”
  • Lorin Nicolae BOGDAN DUICĂ National Cyber Security Directorate, Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53477/2284-9378-24-62

Keywords:

social media platforms;, national security, democracy;, malicious actors;, foreign interference;, false information, frauds.

Abstract

Online social media platforms and search engines are used more and more by violent people, criminal offenders, cybercriminals, and other state or non-state malicious actors, who are involved in activities connected to hybrid threats and foreign interference, causing challenges for children, girls, women, citizens, societies, economies, critical services, democracy, and homeland security.
Social media platforms and search engines could do more to address these issues so as to ensure a free, open, safe, secure, and reliable internet for everybody and to maximize its positive effects. Neglecting the proliferation of illegal activities not only erodes trust in online platforms but also places at risk the security and privacy of its users. To counter efficiently all the challenges, urgent new regulatory frameworks are needed. The regulations should be applied to social media platforms, search engines, and services that allow users to post content online or to interact with each other.

Author Biography

Dănuţ MAFTEI, Academia de Poliţie „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”

Maftei Dănuţ, licenţiat în ştiinţe juridice. În prezent doctorand în anul II la Academia de Poliţie "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", în cadrul Şcolii Doctorale de Ordine Publică și Siguranță Națională. De asemenea, beneficar de bursă doctorală în calitate de membru în grupul ţintă al proiectului POSDRU/159/1.5/S/140106. Tema propusă pentru cercetarea doctorală este Analiza activităţii desfăşurate de personalul M.A.I. aflat în cadrul organizaţiilor internaţionale pentru realizarea unor obiective naţionale strategice şi de securitate Euro-Atlantică. Ca persoană ce activează în diplomaţie (actualmente având gradul diplomatic de ministru consilier) şi fost şef în perioada 2009-2013 al misiunii diplomatice române la Priştina (Biroul de Legătură al României în Kosovo), are experienţă în planul securităţii şi al relaţiilor internaţionale.Rezultatele cercetărilor ştiinţifice realizate până în acest moment asupra unor subiecte legate de domeniile în cauză au fost prezentate în cadrul conferinţelor la care a participat, ori publicate ca articole în diverse reviste şi buletine de specialitate.

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Published

2025-01-21

How to Cite

MAFTEI, D., & DUICĂ, L. N. B. (2025). Risks, threats, and vulnerabilities related to social media platforms and search engines. Regulations and national legal frameworks. BULLETIN OF "CAROL I" NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY, 13(4), 249–265. https://doi.org/10.53477/2284-9378-24-62

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