Evaluation:
Published: 22.11.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Cyberspace and Ethics and Issues', 1.
  • Essays 'Cyberspace and Ethics and Issues', 2.
Extract

Computer communication and freedom of expression: How should society's need to protect itself be balanced against the individual's right of expression? Is a service provider cooperating in evil if a customer uses the service to publish harmful or malicious materials?
Are their limits the public should be aware about what you can post or say online? There is a definite guideline to follow in this sort of situation, which is common sense. As you would act in a public environment, you would not yell out "FIRE!", if in fact there were none. …

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