Publication
What is it about?
The project aims to strike a balance between the free speech principle and the responsibilities of the individual, corporation, state, and the international community. The project brings a global perspective to the analysis of some of the most troubling uses of the Internet. It urges net users, Internet service providers, and liberal democracies to weigh freedom and security, finding the golden mean between unlimited license and moral responsibility.
Why is it important?
How do we, as individuals and as a society, protect against dangerous expressions online?
Perspectives
Take, for instance, cyberbullying, which is a heart-wrenching phenomenon because the majority of young lives that were cut short could have been saved if the relevant stakeholders, parents, schools, internet intermediaries and governments were to take appropriate steps to fight against it. Presently, schools, Internet companies and governments are certainly aware of the harms of cyberbullying. They can and need to be far more proactive in trying to minimise the effects of cyberbullying.
Professor
Raphael
Cohen-Almagor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem