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  • 7 - Rights and computer ethics

  • Edited by Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    15 April 2010, pp 116-132

  • Summary

    This chapter explores the philosophical theories that attempt to provide guidance when determining the best way to balance the rights of the individual user of Information and Computer Technologies (ICTs) with the legitimate public concerns of the societies impacted by these technologies. It looks at the philosophical justifications for free speech and privacy, as these play out in the use of ICTs where anonymous speech can exacerbate the conflicts regarding pornography, hate speech, privacy and political dissent. The Principle of Harm can be used to distinguish hate speech from the heated and vigorous debates that race and religion can both engender. The Gossip 2.0 phenomenon is a place where free speech and privacy collide head-on. This is antisocial networking, where the dark side of social interaction is leveraged by ICTs to gain a force and audience far beyond the restroom walls where this kind of communication is typically found.