Week Twelve - Social & Ethical Issues - 23/10/2007

Lecture Summary

• The Internet is created through open portals and there are no enforceable standards. Anyone can publish information on the Internet resulting in no control over bias or unethical information. A major issue with the Internet is that there are a lot of smart people who use it but there are also a lot of dumb people who use it also.

• The major problems with the Internet are intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism, security, privacy and freedom of speech.