This document discusses technology, ethics, and information systems. It begins by introducing the audience and defining technology as objects, knowledge, activities, and socio-technical systems. It then discusses technological determinism and the idea that technology controls society. The document argues that technology empowers but does not determine, and that regulation of technology is regulation of democracy. Examples of information control are provided. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding technology and its social impacts in order to guide development and use technology ethically.