There are several social and legal issues that have arisen with increased use of information technology. Social issues include ethics, security, cultural differences, and how humans interact with technology. Security issues involve misuse of data, viruses/worms, internet abuse, and ensuring data protection. Legal problems have also emerged regarding issues like privacy, intellectual property, and how to regulate certain internet activities like pornography or online gaming. Unless legislation and companies work to address modern threats like terrorism and financial theft online, these problems will persist.

1. SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN I.T
Social issues:
There are many social issues in information system. As the progress in technology we face
also many social issues in technology.
For example:
 Ethics
 Security
 Cultural issues
 Human interaction issues
Security issues:
Security issues involve misuses of data, virus/worm creations, internet abuse, and data
protection, fraud with system use and standards and regulations. Reference :( Donald Amoroso)
Misused of data:
Technology use to share information but few people’s misused it.
For example they use hidden cameras, microphone, and credit card fraud and identity theft.
Virus/Worms:
Worms are standalone malware computer program. Unlike the virus it doesn’t need to
to attach itself in executing program. It uses computer network to spread itself. Today people’s
create worms/viruses and sent them to others systemthrough internet files.
Internet abuse:
Internet abuse is improper use of internet and may include: unwanted advertise, use of
computers criminal activities etc.
Legal Issues:
Social legalities have arisen over last few years. The common legal problems found on the use
of internet as the related search engines, filtering, pornography and access data base have
questionable legal problems associated with the data mining, privacy and security issues;
Internet communications use of e-mail, social networking and monitoring; Internet gaming
has unsolved legal issues with regulations and violence, addiction, gender stereotyping and
educational games. Legal issues also present on emergent new information technology related
issues such as intellectual property, e-waste, and software piracy.

2. The risk of having all information superhighway, as internet is often called, is the possibility of
all things happening on it.
The Internet has revolutionized our lives, and, despite its many benefits, the Internet has
opened the door for predators to sexually exploit unsuspecting children. In the digital age,
every child is just one click away from obscenely graphic and addictive pornography, and new
threats--like cyberbullying and 'sexting'--also flourish, invading the 'Age of Innocence' every
child deserves. No child is immune to these risks online. Parents and other adults are the first
line of defense against online threats, however, many feel uninformed or ill-equipped to deal
with evolving issues of Internet safety and need credible outside help.
Obviously crimes are committed with the use of the Internet, and as any other venue of
communication it has to be protected. Perhaps some basic regulation that would prevent cases
like the ones described above is necessary, but this would mean that some sort of censorship
would take place affecting the freedom of speech that is core to the Internet existence.
The common problems found today on the Internet, especially new treats found on terrorism
and financial theft, will remain until legislation and corporation management do not solve
them.
References:
1)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140525233838-31971126-legal-issues-in-technology
2) http://galletta.business.pitt.edu/amcis2003/05ITMGT8_SocialIssues.htm
3)http://nettran3.blogspot.com/