What is it about?
This paper reflects on the articles submitted for the Symposium Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side. I discuss some of the criticisms of the book’s theory and my treatment of hate speech. The responsibilities of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Web-Hosting Services (WHSs) are in the fore, arguing that as they are the gatekeepers, they need to be proactive far more than they are now. This paper, like my book, strives to suggest an approach that harnesses the strengths and capabilities of the public and the private sectors in offering practical solutions to pressing problems.
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Why is it important?
Freedom of expression is of utmost importance, and so is social responsibility. These two values need to be weighed one against another in order to have a viable and safe Internet. The future of our kids is at stake.
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I am grateful to Professor Asa Kasher, Editor of Philosophia, for initiating this special symposium about my book, Confronting the Internet's Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway (NY and Washington DC.: Cambridge University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2015), 389 pp. ISBN 9781107105591 http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/e-commerce-law/confronting-internets-dark-side-moral-and-social-responsibility-free-highway?format=HB ; http://www.wilsoncenter.org/book/confronting-the-internets-dark-side-moral-and-social-responsibility-the-free-highway
Professor raphael cohen-almagor
University of Hull
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This page is a summary of: Balancing Freedom of Expression and Social Responsibility on the Internet, Philosophia, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-017-9856-6.
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