Computing - Social and Legal Challenges

Facebook had a big book of everyone’s faces – scary.

• How has our connected, online world enabled us to publish and distribute personal information?
• Do you post personal information about yourself online?
• Do you post persona information about other people online?
• Is this ethical?
• How many people in different countries use social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter?
• What are some of the negative aspects of social media sites?
• Negative aspects:
  • Internet trolling
  • Cyberbullying
  • Anonymous blogs
  • Hate sites
• Should all information be easily and freely accessible to all online?
• Should access to some material be restricted or monitored by governments?
• Where would you draw the line?
• Should moral and ethical considerations be part a part of technological design, research and development?
• Can the inventor be blamed?
• Can a software engineer be blamed for the manner in which his software is used?
• How can software be beneficial in one context but cause harm in another?
• What is Bitcoin?
• What are the issues and implication of a totally virtual, almost untraceable online currency?

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