The Social Media have become essential and important in the world today. Yet, the Facebook Case brought forward issues related to User's Privacy. Given the sophistication level of Cyber Threads the User's Privacy may be compromised.
i can speak for India specifically , cause i believe that if you are trying to track down advances in cyber security then how individual countries are taking the move towards it will give you richer information.
1)The Government of India with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology have laid down certain general guidelines for Cyber security here you can get a very brief idea about the advancements - http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/cisos_top_best_practices_guidelines.pdf
2) Whats interesting is that the focus of cybersecurity related issues is more on tracking down anti-nationalist activities. The government is finalising a policy which is aimed at keeping an eye on the social media to check if it is being "misused" to conspire against India and spread anti-national propaganda.
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Eduard Babulak this is an interesting topic which I have recently started to explore (https://sendfox.com/chrismcd). Can I ask did you take this research forward? if so, can you point me to any of your published research