6. Other ethical issues

There are many situations where you have to consider the 'rights and wrongs' of ICT.

On a personal level, what do you think of these

• Copying and pasting other people's work as your own
• Downloading copyrighted music and films
• Cyber-bullying on social networks
• Taking mobile video or pictures to embarrass or humiliate someone
• Using someone else's password
• Spreading malicious gossip about someone

Technology is perfectly fine, but *how" you use it depends on your sense of right and wrong.

From a wider viewpoint, are the following things ethical?

• Governments blocking or shutting down the internet
• Governments blocking search engine queries on certain topics
• People using social networks to organise demonstrations
• Using a wiki to leak sensitive information
• Whistleblowing on your company or colleagues

These are issues to do with 'freedom of speech' and government behaviour and often there are no clear black and white answers.