What is Cyberlaw, Cyberethics, Morality, and Ethical Values?
Many conflicts arise from our current technological advancements, particularly in the area of law and ethics on the Net. Since the rise of the Internet for public use there have been many laws and ethical ideas developed, and changed with aims to protect people. These ideas and laws fall under two main categories, Cyberlaw, and Cyberethics.
Naturally something that is illegal off the Net would be on the Net, however this is not always the case; there are many issues that arise, such as jurisdiction, intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, censorship issues can all be addressed under the Cyberlaw heading. As technology advances there are many new laws developed to protect people, and their interests.
Along with these lawful and unlawful acts, there are many other issues that may not fall under the legal heading but should definitely be addressed under the ethical or moral standpoint; thus we find Cyber ethics which deals with many moral, and ethical issues such as government involvement, monitoring, recording, censorship, and other privacy issues, particularly with the introduction of the Patriot Act. The dos and don’ts of the internet are all addressed under the Cyberethics heading. These policies are aimed at making it possible for all people to use the internet safely, and responsibly.
These issues are all of great interest to me, especially the once dealing with government monitoring, as I fought for this countries freedom, and many of these policies don’t make me feel so free.
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