Over the course of a week, numerous news articles reported on various ethical issues arising from the use of technology. Issues discussed included intellectual property theft through peer-to-peer file sharing and concerns over globalization. Other topics included the growing problems of identity theft, computer viruses and hacking, junk mail and spam, censorship and surveillance. The week demonstrated the many challenges posed by technology and how each issue often has countervailing perspectives around issues like freedom of expression, prevention versus cure of computer misuse, and information access versus information control.