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Confronting the Internet’s
Dark Side
Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free
Highway
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
University of Hull
About the Book
Terrorism, cyberbullying, child pornography, hate speech,
cybercrime: along with unprecedented advancements in pro-
ductivity and engagement, the Internet has ushered in a space
for violent, hateful, and antisocial behavior. How do we, as
individuals and as a society, protect against dangerous expres-
sions online?
Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side is the first book on social
responsibility on the Internet. It aims to strike a balance be-
tween the free speech principle and the responsibilities of the
individual, corporation, state, and the international commu-
nity. This book brings a global perspective to the analysis of
some of the most troubling uses of the Internet. It urges net
users, ISPs, and liberal democracies to weigh freedom and se-
curity, finding the golden mean between unlimited license and
moral responsibility. This judgment is necessary to uphold the
very liberal democratic values that gave rise to the Internet
and that are threatened by an unbridled use of technology.
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Key Features
• Proposes a framework for individual, corporate, and inter-
national moral and social responsibility on the Internet
• Advocates the need for increased moderation of destruc-
tive online activity including cyberbullying, hate speech,
terrorism, and child pornography
• Includes valuable background on the history of the Inter-
net as a network as well as the ethical issues of censorship
and free speech
Contents
Introduction; 1. Historical framework; 2. Technological
framework; 3. Theoretical framework; 4. Agent’s responsibil-
ity; 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 re-
sponsibility; 9. International responsibility; Conclusion.
Available from June 2015 | 416 pages
1 b/w illus. | 1 table
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