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Some Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking
School of Computer Science & Engineering Faculty Publications
  • Frances Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart University
  • Herman T. Tavani, Rivier College
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2002
Abstract

The present study examines a range of moral issues associated with recent cyberstalking cases. Particular attention is centered on the Amy Boyer/ Liam Youens case of cyberstalking, which raises a host of considerations that we believe have a significant impact for ethical behavior on the Internet. Among the questions we consider are those having to do with personal privacy and the use of certain kinds of Internet search facilities to stalk individuals in cyberspace. Also considered are questions having to do with legal liability and (possible) moral responsibility that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have for stalking crimes that occur in their "space" on the Internet. Finally, we examine issues of moral responsibility for individual online users to determine which obligations, if any, they might have to inform persons who are targeted by cyberstalkers, when it is in their power to do so.

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Published: Grodzinsky, Frances, Tavani, Herman T. "Some Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking." ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society 32.1 (2002): 22-32.

DOI
10.1145/511134.511138
Citation Information
Grodzinsky, Frances, Tavani, Herman T. "Some Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking." ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society 32.1 (2002): 22-32.