Social Media, Disinformation, Cyber Sovereignty and Digital Surveillance: Vision from Cybersecurity

After a development of more than fifty years, today the Internet has established itself as the key element of cyberspace. Network users exceed half of the world's population, while its impact reaches all sides of contemporary societies. Today, free access to the Internet is inserted in the field of human rights; however, at the same time, concerns about the credibility of information stored on the network are increasing. This article will focus, from the point of view of cybersecurity, on three main topics related to the respect of individual rights and guarantees: Internet accessibility and digital surveillance; social networks and the privacy of personal data; and the use of those social networks in the execution of disinformation operations that include fake news and post-truth narratives.