The presence of public administration in social network: between illegality and dysfunctionality

Abstract

Every year the number of people checking in social networks increases, which has prompted the Public Administration to want to have a presence in them, arguing that the administration should be where the administered is. However, we believe that although the purpose of the Authority is laudable, their presence on social networks has not been sufficiently thought out. So, we consider when registering at these online platforms -what actually involves contracting with companies that hold them-, the Public Administration may be breaking the rules about administrative contract to not perceive that case of onerous contracts, a position that we defend in this work. Moreover, we don´t consider them ideal to provide certain services to the citizen, because may be breaking the principles of equality and objectivity or, even, being able to contribute to inappropriate use of personal data.