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Confronting the Internet's Dark Side : Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway

Title
Confronting the Internet's Dark Side : Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway / Raphael Cohen-Almagor.
Author
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (406 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Summary
Terrorism, cyberbullying, child pornography, hate speech, cybercrime: along with unprecedented advancements in productivity and engagement, the Internet has ushered in a space for violent, hateful, and antisocial behavior. How do we, as individuals and as a society, protect against dangerous expressions online? Confronting the Internet's Dark Side is the first book on social responsibility on the Internet. It 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, ISPs, and liberal democracies to weigh freedom and security, finding the golden mean between unlimited license and moral responsibility. This judgment 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.
Subject
Internet governance
Note
  • Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2016).
OCLC
CR9781316226391
Author
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael, author.
Title
Confronting the Internet's Dark Side : Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway / Raphael Cohen-Almagor.
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: 9781107105591
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