Introduction; 1. Historical framework; 2. Technological framework; 3. Theoretical framework; 4. Agent's responsibility; 5. Readers' responsibility; 6. Responsibility of Internet service providers and web-hosting services, part I: rationale and principles; 7. Responsibility of internet service providers and web-hosting services, part II: applications; 8. State responsibility; 9. International responsibility; Conclusion.
This book outlines social and moral guidelines to combat violent, hateful, and illegal activity on the Internet.
Raphael Cohen-Almagor is Professor and Chair in Politics at the University of Hull. He has published extensively in the fields of political science, law, ethics and philosophy, including The Right to Die with Dignity (2001), Speech, Media and Ethics, 2nd edition (2005) and The Scope of Tolerance (2007). His second book of poetry, published in 2007, is entitled Voyages.
'The dramatic growth of internet technologies are creating a new
era in democratic life, a crisis for the established media, and
possibilities for participatory politics that challenge liberal
institutions. This book documents today's turning point with
urgency and profound clarity. Ithiel de Sola Poole's Technologies
of Freedom (1983) has become a classic work defining the
information society, with media technology its axis. Confronting
the Internet's Dark Side is of that quality, a potential classic
that defines for us moral responsibility in the new media age.'
Clifford Christians, Research Professor of Communications,
University of Illinois
'Cohen-Almagor recognizes that if social responsibility on the
Internet is to be implemented, discussions will need to focus on
how and why one can draw limits to what one does on the internet as
well as what ISP's and countries can do with the internet. Not
everyone will agree with the solutions proposed, but in light of
the detailed stories concerning hate sites (towards groups or
humanity in general), webcam viewing of actual suicides, the
exponential growth of child pornography etc., it is hard to fall
back on knee jerk First Amendment responses.' Robert Cavalier,
Carnegie Mellon University
'In this book, Raphael Cohen-Almagor makes a forceful case for
greater social responsibility on the part of Internet service
providers and all who surf the Web. Calling on us to think and act
like citizens of the online world, he insists that we have a moral
obligation to confront those who abuse the technology by using it
to disseminate hate propaganda and child pornography, or by
engaging in cyber-bullying, or by aiding and abetting terrorism.
Fast paced, philosophically sophisticated, and filled with
illustrative and sometimes heart-wrenching examples, the book is
intended to serve as a wake-up call and will challenge its readers
to reconsider their views of free expression in the Internet age.'
Stephen L. Newman, York University
'[A] groundbreaking book … a must-read for researchers and policy
planners as well as laymen interested in social responsibility on
the Internet.' Jadgish N. Singh, Jerusalem Post
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