Thursday, 25 February 2010

Social and Ethical Issues Of Information System

 This just an activity we did  in class regarding social and ethical issues.

 The Google Case
1. What happened: Three Google Executives were convicted as they had violated Italian privacy laws. It was in association with with an internet video showing a handicapped teenager being bullied- it was posted primarily on Google Video. It had remained on for two months in 2006.
2. Argument of Prosecuters:
- They were negilient because they left it for 2 months
 Defence of Google:
-once it came to attention they did put it down
- the internet is freedom of censorship.
3. Court was prosecuting them becuase:
- They were neglient
- Users asked for the video to be taken down, but it wasnt.

Key Question: Is the organisation or information system  hosting content responsible for the content?

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