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Class 7Freedom Of Speech

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Overview

1. Students Present

2. Freedom Of Speech

3. Assignment

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Quiz

1. Name two methods some governments use to control access to information. (1 point)

2. A large company has a policy prohibiting employees from blogging about company products.

a) Name two possible reasons for the policy. (1 point)b) Does it violate the First Amendment? Why? (1 point)c) Is it reasonable? Why? (2 points)

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Overview

1. Students Present

2. Freedom Of Speech

3. Assignment

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Video Game CensorshipChance Miller

Who’s doing it? Why are they doing it?

Why it’s unethical Who opposes it? Ways to combat it

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Who’s doing it?Chance Miller

Members of both major US political parties Democrats: Leland Yee, Hillary Clinton Republicans: Sam Brownback

Lawyers Jack Thompson

Lobbying Organizations Equality Now

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Why they do itChance Miller

A lack of understanding Primary claim that it causes violence among adolescents Don’t understand the medium

Indecency A belief that offensive content needs to be controlled

Money, Votes?

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Why it’s unethicalChance Miller

Hypocritical Deontological Consequential

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Good News and Bad NewsChance Miller

They’re failing here! Powers diverted

Hillary Clinton is Secretary of State Jack Thompson disbarred

Most Federal legislation failed Other countries have censored various games

UK and Australia, for example

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Captain Jean-Luc PicardChance Miller

“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.”

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Overview

1. Students Present

2. Freedom Of Speech

3. Assignment

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Freedom Of Speech

How has information processing technologies changed free speech?

How will it?

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Assignment

Short paper Open source software development tools, friends or

foes? Include references in addition to the book.

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Term Project

New Technology Pick an emerging or near future information processing

technology. Research should be currently being conducted on it. Find out all you can about it. Predict the technology's impact

on society and vice-versa relating each subject covered in class. I suggest using a timeline of related technologies to help support your predictions.

Please send me your technology ideas by beginning of class Thursday.

Paper due 2009-10-12

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Class 7 The End

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Freedom Of Speech

Is Free Speech a negative or positive right? Why is it considered important in general? What are some examples of speech not permitted?

Are these standards shared by everyone?

What are some serious results? How to apply to the online content?

Standards? Enforcement?

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In-Class Exercise I You are the head of the computer center at a

public university. A state legislator goes to the university president to complain that sexually explicit words and pictures are being sent through the school’s computers and network, by email, Web, newsgroups, chat, and Webcams.

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In-Class Exercise I

Divide into groups. Each group contains:

1 university librarian 1 legislator 1 researcher 1 computer expert 1 college student

The group must decide: What materials should be

allowed and what banned? What activities should be

allowed and banned? How will you enforce this? Who will decide?

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Further Thought

What if the material concerned: Violence Hacking Prejudice / discrimination / hate

Canada and some schools have rules against “hate speech”.

Must we accept restrictions on some freedoms to preserve others? Other people or other freedoms?