ITM 407 Lecture Notes - Norm (Social), Presentation Of A Group, Lawrence Lessig
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Tavani chpt 5 regulating commerce and speech in cyberspace, We are uncomfortable about some of the content on the internet. We are uncomfortable about some of the ways the internet is used. Weckert suggests we consider whether it is even possible to regulate the internet - who should do it and how would they carry it out. Read sections 5. 1 and 5. 2 and be able to answer the following questions: Cyberspace is the area where online world meets; it is considered virtual space that contains all of the data and information that resides in the connected servers that make up internet. It is also considered a medium that many to many relationship between users. When treating cyberspace as a public space, there are good legal and moral reasons that we must follow to ensure everyone has access to it and it is a public property/space.