With the continual growth of the Internet and popular social
media sites, legalities and privacy is becoming a huge issue for individuals,
as well as major companies. The fact of the matter is everything put online is
public and “it’s easy not to be fully mindful
about the possibility of disclosure with these communications because we use
these technologies so often in our social lives.”
Various ethical
codes have been drafted for Internet use, though many are dated and struggle to
keep up with social media outlets that are constantly changing and being
created. The best defense is to educate yourself about privacy and to be
consider the information before it is posted.
The infographic
below shows just how powerful the Internet is becoming in today’s society:
One online article claims, “People have no shame about the despicable
content they post on the Web. Respect and courtesy are quaint, outdated notions
to these Internet citizens. The people charged with protecting us from such
abhorrent behavior not only fail to prevent it, they tacitly or explicitly
encourage these breaches in morality because it means more page views, more
customers, and more money.”
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Great Infographic
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