IT Ethics Exam 3 Guide

INFROST 120 exam 3 study guide

forms of censorship

content moderation, political censorship

censorship implications and Google

power to organize the Internet, rankings susceptible to manipulation, rankings can be controversial, tensions between automatic rankings and human oversight, search is political and susceptible to censorship

forms of speech

free speech, hate speech, harming speech, obscene speech

regulation of speech

regulating content, regulating policies

unethical spam

more deceptive the content and the less accountable the sender, the more blameworthy the sender becomes

unethical spam factors

content of the emails, intent of the sender, consequences to the receiver, consent of the receiver, relationship between the sender and the receiver, accountability of the sender and the degree of deception, and number of identical emails sent

drawbacks of online communities

multiple communities involved in a dispute with different standards, group-think, lack of face-to-face interactions

benefits of online communities

easier for collaborative efforts, focused conversations, develop relationships

hacking ethic beliefs (Steven Levy)

access to computers should be unlimited and total, all information should be free, mistrust authority, promote decentralization, should be judged by their actions not other criterias (degrees, age, race, etc), art can be created on computers, computers can improve life.

hacker principles

information should be (totally) free, hackers provide society with a useful and important service, activities in cyberspace are virtual in nature so they do not cause real harm to people in the real (physical) world

AI background

revolutionized the concept of curation for consumers, offering enhanced and personalized experiences across various aspects of their lives

AI development

deep learning; these algorithms become so complicated and complex
that engineers no longer completely understand them

digital divide definition

cost, diffusion, and usage of technologies

digital divide types

First level, second level, third level