Articles

The Internet

Leading the Technological Good Life

A Web site for students on the intersection of technology and ethics

The World that Wikipedia Made

A panel discussion on technology, ethics, and the law in the Wikipedia editing model

The Present and Future of Social Networking

A panel exploring the ethical and social implications of social networking technology.
John Squires, Kaitlin Thompson, Shannon Vallor, Ma

Unavoidable Ethical Questions About Social Networking

Fairness, rights, and virtues are explored in relation to sites such as Facebook and MySpace

Ethics and Politics of Search Engines

Transcript of a panel discussing privacy, censorship, fairness, and access issues related to search engines.
Peter Norvig, Terry Winograd, Geoffrey Bowker, Kir

Unavoidable Ethical Questions About Search Engines

Privacy, censorship, trust, and intellectual property rights are among the issues raised about ethics and search engines.

Gated Communities In Cyberspace

The creation of defensible space holds the key to commerce on the Internet.
Ellen F. Harshman, Jam

Cybersmut

From blocking software to legislation, strategies address children's access to objectionable material on the Internet.
Joseph Westfall

Access, Internet, and Public Libraries

A report prepared for the Santa Clara County Libraries on challenges posed by the availability to minors of sexually explicit material on the Internet. The report addresses issues such as filtering and free speech.
Thomas Shanks and Barry Stenger

Bewitching Miss Julia

Review of "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" by Sherry Turkle
Tim Healy

Privacy: Electronic Information and the Individual

The security of personal information in the Internet age.
Joseph Westfall

2001 plus 28: The Age of Spiritual Machines

A review of Ray Kurzweil's, The Age of Spiritual Machines
Neil Quinn reviews Ray Kurzweil

Privacy Experiment

Invasions of privacy using Internet services.
Joseph Westfall

Libraries on the Information Superhighway

The ethical issues behind access to sexually explicit materials on the Internet.
MCAE

Internet Blocking

An analysis of technological solutions to the problem of cybersmut.
Joseph Westfall

The Cyber City Network

An online network for city services raises questions about access and whether the provision of services electronically will increase disparities between rich and poor.
Thomas Shanks