Introduction to: Confronting the Internet's Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway
"Introduction", R. Cohen-Almagor, Confronting the Internet's Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway (NY and Washington DC.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press, 2015).
30 Pages Posted: 29 Jul 2015
Date Written: July 3, 2015
Abstract
Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side is the first book on social responsibility on the Internet. The book aims to strike a balance between the free speech principle and the responsibilities of the individual, corporation, state, and the international community. This book brings a global perspective to the analysis of some of the most troubling uses of the Internet. It urges net users, Internet service providers, and liberal democracies to weigh freedom and security, finding the golden mean between unlimited license and moral responsibility. This judgement is necessary to uphold the very liberal democratic values that gave rise to the Internet and that are threatened by an unbridled use of technology.
Keywords: Internet, social responsibility, crime, child pornography, hate, bigotry, terror, democracy
JEL Classification: Z00
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