Duncan Langford. Internet Ethics

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• 作者：Loui ; Michael C.
• 刊名：Ethics and Information Technology
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：4
• 期：2
• 页码：167-168
• 全文大小：32 KB
• 刊物类别：Computer Science
• 刊物主题：Management of Computing and Information Systems
  Technology Management
  Ethics
  User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
  Library Science
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-8439

文摘

This essay examines some ethical aspects of stalkingincidents in cyberspace. Particular attention is focused on the Amy Boyer/Liam Youens case of cyberstalking, which has raised a number of controversial ethical questions. We limit our analysis to three issues involving this particular case. First, we suggest that the privacy of stalking victims is threatened because of the unrestricted access to on-linepersonal information, including on-line public records, currently available to stalkers. Second, we consider issues involving moral responsibility and legal liability for Internet service providers (ISPs) when stalking crimesoccur in their `space' on the Internet. Finally, we examine issues of moral responsibility for ordinary Internet users to determine whether they are obligated to inform persons whom they discover to be the targets of cyberstalkers.