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CISC280 - Project 3 1. Facebook’s username policy requires each Facebook user to use “the name they go by in everyday life” [143]. The policy forbids the use of professional or religious titles, phrases instead of names, and offensive words. Many Native Americans have had their accounts deactivated for supposedly using a fake name, including Dana Lone Hill, Shane Creepingbear, and Lance Brown Eyes [144]. Meanwhile, people who set up accounts with phony but plausible usernames have not had their usernames challenged. Should Facebook require every user to use their real name? If so, what would be a fair way to enforce this requirement? No, I do not believe that Facebook should require users to use their real name. Victims of abuse should not be forced to use their real names at the risk of their abusers being able to find them and harass them even more. If Facebook were to require proof of your “real” name to be submitted before being able to create an account, it would greatly affect the transgender community. Deadnaming is extremely detrimental, and it would force people to use their birth given names. I believe ISPs have a responsibility to track from where and whom network communication is coming from, but I do not think Facebook should force users to use their real names. 2. Why is “cold calling” considered to be an acceptable sales practice, but spamming isn’t? I don’t believe cold calling IS considered acceptable. It’s just spam in a different form. It’s not researched or personalized; they call everyone. Both are an interruption to your day. Both know little to nothing about you and/or your business. And just like with email spam, people wish there was a button we could click on our phones to instantly mark cold callers as spam. I think we can all agree with Graham Chapman when he said, “I DON’T LIKE SPAM!” 3. Internet service providers monitor their chat rooms and expel users who violate their codes of conduct. For example, users can be kicked off for insulting a person or a group of people based on their race, religion, or sexual orientation. Is it wrong for an ISP to expel someone for hate speech? Not at all. Freedom of speech does NOT mean freedom from consequence. 4. Should people publishing accusations against others on their blogs or Facebook pages be held responsible if they disseminate false information? Yes, they should be held responsible. It’s not that difficult to fact-check information; most people are just too lazy to do so. 5. In September 2012, Joseph Aziz, a graduate student at Montclair State University in New Jersey, posted a YouTube video in which he said that a fellow student’s legs look like “a pair of bleached hams.” The university disciplined Aziz for violating the university’s code of conduct, ordered him to avoid all contact with the other student, and forbade him from posting anything else about the other student on social media. After being disciplined, Aziz complained about the gag order in a private group on Facebook and made a joke about escaping the other student’s “tyrannical ham lock.” A member of the Facebook group copied Aziz’s comments to university administrators, who then gave Aziz a one-semester suspension that appears on his official college transcript [145]. Was the response of Montclair State University appropriate? Why or why not? MSU’s response was absolutely appropriate. He was forbidden from posting anything about the other student on social media and directly defied the university by posting on Facebook. Even though he posted in a “private” group, nothing on social media is truly private. Furthermore, I don’t believe

CISC280 - Project 3 there’s any expectation of privacy in any form of online communication, be it email, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, messenger apps, etc. There is always the potential for someone to take a screenshot and put it out into the world to live on for posterity. 6. Discuss similarities and differences between the Web and each of these other ways that we communicate: the telephone system, physical mail, bookstores, movie theaters, newspapers, broadcast and cable TV. Should governments ignore the Web, or should they regulate it somehow? If governments should regulate the Web, should the regulations be similar to the regulations for one of the aforementioned communication systems, or should they be unique in significant ways? All are ways of disseminating information. The major difference between the Web and the other methods mentioned is speed. Physical mail, bookstores, and newspapers aren’t nearly as up-to-date as the Web, which can be updated in real time. The telephone system is also not as fast as instant and text messaging. Movie theaters and TV offer forms of entertainment and escapism, but the Web offers that as well, and you have access to pretty much any movie and show you want to see at any time of day or night – action movies, dramas, comedies, porn, documentaries, etc. You can also view movies and shows made by private citizens and entities, not just major motion picture and network studios. I am not a fan of censorship at all; however, I believe that applying Mill’s Principal of Harm theory is the right thing in this instance. I feel that the government should regulate the web insofar as the banning of things such as child pornography. 7. The convenience of Wikipedia makes it a popular reference for students. After several instances in which students cited incorrect information, however, the history department at Middlebury College prohibited references to Wikipedia articles in papers or exams. Did the Middlebury history department go too far? What is the proper role, if any, for Wikipedia in academic research? There is no proper role for Wikipedia in academic research. Wikipedia is not, nor has it ever been, a reliable source for information because anyone can edit Wikipedia entries. I’ve edited Wikipedia entries before – sometimes with factual information, sometimes with a joke (not one I’ve done, but for example, changing the owner of the New England Patriots to Eli Manning after Super Bowl XLII). 8. Should bloggers be given the same rights as newspaper, magazine, or television journalists? Why or why not? I believe bloggers should have the protection of freedom of expression just as journalists do. However, bloggers are not journalists. Blogs are personal diaries/journals where people discuss their own opinions which may or may not have any basis in facts or reality. They are not news sources, and as such, their authors should not be held to the same standards. 9. Should children be prevented from accessing some Web sites? Who should be responsible for the actions of children surfing the Web? Yes, they should be, and it is the role of the children’s parents/guardians/caregivers to ensure that kids are accessing appropriate content on the internet. 10. What is the age at which a parent or guardian should provide a child with a cell phone? Should younger children be provided with cell phones having fewer features?

CISC280 - Project 3 I think children should be allowed to have cell phones at a young age, but not full-fledged smartphones. However, they should only be allowed certain features that can be enabled by their parent or guardian, such as specific contacts (mom, dad, grandma, etc.) and the ability to contact emergency services if need be (if a 4 year old can learn how to connect their phone to their TV to watch YouTube, they can be taught when and how to call 911 and that it’s not a number you call as a joke). Unfortunately, we live in a world where preschools get shot up by domestic terrorists. I firmly believe all school-age children should be allowed to not only have a phone, but should be able to have it accessible at all times in case of an emergency. 11. What is the longest amount of time you have ever spent in a single game session on a smartphone, tablet, or computer? Have you ever been so engrossed in a game that you ignored bodily needs, such as eating or going to the bathroom? I’ve spent about 8 hours or so in a single gaming session if there’s an in-game event going on, but I have never been so engrossed in a game that I ignored things like the need to eat or use the bathroom. 12. In the United States television commercials for cigarettes are banned. Should there be a ban on commercials for violent video games? No, there should not be a ban on commercials for violent video games. Cigarette commercials are banned because cigarette smoking has been proven to have detrimental effects on public health. Violent video games do not have a detrimental effect on society. Many people like to blame violent games for violent acts, but it’s just a different flavor of the same argument Tipper Gore and the PMRC tried – and failed – to use in the 1980s against hard rock and heavy metal music. There is some research that has found that violent video game use is correlated to increases in aggression, but correlation does not equal causation. 13. The income of companies providing persistent online games depends on the number of subscribers they attract. Since consumers have a choice of many products, each company is motivated to create the best possible experience for its customers. Role-playing adventures have no set length. When playing one of these games, it’s easy to spend more time on the computer than originally planned. Some subscribers cause harm to themselves and others by spending too much time playing these games. Should the designers of persistent online games bear some moral responsibility for this problem? No, they should not. We have individual autonomy and need to take responsibility for our actions. To blame the game designers for someone not eating for 3 days or ignoring the needs of their child for a week is akin to blaming rake manufacturers for someone stepping on the tines and getting smacked in the face with the handle. When you choose to play these games, you need to be aware of the potential dangers and act accordingly. 14. A school district forbids students from using their cell phones on school buses, but many students ignore this rule. A frustrated bus driver installs a cell phone jammer on his bus. When the jammer is turned on, cell phones within 40 feet stop working. (The use of jammers is against the law.) The bus driver says, “The kids think they are sneaky by hiding low in their seats and using their phones. Now the kids can’t figure out why their phones don’t work, but can’t ask because they will get in trouble!

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CISC280 - Project 3 It’s fun to watch them try to get a signal” [146]. Discuss the morality of the bus driver’s use of the jammer. The use of a cell phone jammer by the bus driver is highly immoral. Not only is it a danger to the students should there be some sort of accident involving the bus, but it is also a nuisance and a potential danger to people outside of the bus, since the 40’ distance extends well beyond the bus to people on the sidewalk and even possibly in their houses. What if someone’s having a medical emergency and they were unable to call emergency services because the bus drove by using a jammer? The bus driver has absolutely no right to interfere with other people’s usage of their own personal property, and if I was a parent whose child rode on that bus, I would demand the driver’s immediate termination. 15. In July 2011, activists shut down a San Francisco subway station as a way of protesting the death of a drunk man shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer. A month later, the subway system blocked cell-phone service at several stations in an effort to prevent another protest. BART officials said protesters were planning to use their mobile devices to coordinate their activities and keep track of police movements. The agency pointed out that civil disturbances at crowded subway stations during rush hour could create unsafe conditions for commuters, BART employees, and the protesters themselves. Was BART justified in blocking cell-phone service? They were not in any way justified for blocking cell phone service. What if someone was having a medical emergency and was unable to call 911 because service was blocked? What if there was some other sort of emergency – a shooting, the release of chemicals in the air, an unattended suspicious package on the floor – and people weren’t able to call for help? The shutdown of cell and internet service during protests is done under the guise of “protecting the citizens” but it’s really the government trying to control and silence the people. 16. What role do online reviews play in your life as a consumer? Do you find online reviews to be more reliable or less reliable than reviews from friends and family members? What do you think of research that more and more Amazon reviews are fake or bot-generated? Online reviews these days are definitely less reliable, especially these days, than reviews from friends and family. It’s such a pain to shop on sites like Amazon because of all the fake reviews. You have to read the 1-star reviews and look at the dates on them and then try to figure out whether they’re anomalies or if the positive reviews are fake. Websites like Microworkers allow Amazon sellers to list jobs offering money in exchange for 5-star reviews. Amazon should require a user to actually purchase an item before they’re allowed to leave a review for it. I feel that would go a long way to remedying the fake review problem.

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