Ethical and Social Issue Challenges For Sharing Information during Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 virus was first found at the end of the year 2019. By the March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had been declared by WHO. Since the pandemic start and at a peak of pandemic around mid of 2020, it had raised the challenge of dealing with information sharing on social media that share by either public or authorities. Humans globally had been quarantined and stay at home during the pandemic. Which social media is the sauce that can allow us to communicate and maintain social with each other? The information-sharing had brought problematic and unethical to the public together with other issues which are sharing personal information and fake news. Therefore, this study aims to examine the ethical and social issues those challenges occur in sharing information during the COVID-19. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the public had more analytical skills to evaluate whether the news or information is relevant or fake. Besides that, the authority should do their part by refrain from placing the blame on patients to avoid them from being stigmatized. It is a very crucial time being for all the related parties to be aware of their ethical duty to ensure only relevant and valid information shall share on social media.