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Recent Ethics Articles
Coverage, Content, and Moderation
Media coverage might be more informative if it ignored some tweets.
The media coverage of Musk’s tweets is disproportionate and counterproductive.
Ethical Considerations Related to International Medical Volunteering
International medical volunteering (IMV) refers to when individuals with health care training volunteer their time to work in a different country and has been described as “medical voluntourism” where seemingly altruistic volunteering is paired with an exotic vacation.
The Ethical Concerns With Online Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Services
There are numerous ethical concerns around the growing prevalence of online, direct-to-consumer prescription services and, changes must be made to this system in order to mitigate these ethical pitfalls.
Recent Ethics Cases
SuperFly
A VR Ethics Case Study
Which stakeholders might benefit from a new age of VR “travel”? Which stakeholders might be harmed?
Crisis Data
An AI Ethics Case Study
Ethical questions about data collection, data-sharing, access, use, and privacy.
Robinhood, Reddit, and GameStop: What Happened and What Should Happen Next?
Case study on the history making GameStop short and stock price surge that occurred during January 2021.
Blogs
All About Ethics
Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley
Internet Ethics Director Irina Raicu comments on privacy, big data, access, and other issues.