The Moral Status Of A Virtual Avatar

But, in the “Should We Feed the Trolls?”, LaFrance states “that we are our real selves online as much as we are our real selves anywhere else” (LaFrance 1). The connection individuals are making with the Internet is negatively impacting our society, allowing people’s barbarous thoughts to be viewed by the public eye. The world needs to learn that talking behind a screen should be no different than in-person, because “technology doesn’t magically make a person’s behavior inauthentic” (LaFrance 1). If people begin to understand this concept, it will reduce the prejudices women encounter every day, that are still deeply rooted in our society. In “The Quiet Violence of the Unwanted Kiss,” the misogyny appears in our culture when

Cyberbullying is the biggest cyber crime among all ages, that said it’s because the bullies use social media for to hide their true identity behind a screen. Cyberbullying on social media is everywhere, but on facebook 84.2% was reported, along with instagram reporting with a 23.4%, where 35% of the cyberbullying was in the form of sending mean messages and threats through instant messaging(“Cyberbullying…”). In which cyberbullying has led to find that 20% of respondents reported seriously think of attempting suicide, where as though those who are victims of cyberbullying that reported were twice as likely to attempt suicide compared to the youth that has not experienced cyberbullying (Hinduja). Among with cyberbullying victims are sex trafficking victims. Most sex trafficking victims are gullible children found online, where most of them are advertised and sold online, according to a U.S. Senate subcommittee report in 2017. The National Center for Missing Children and Exploited Children has said that more than 70% of the reports received are of those trafficked children. Though all children and adults are still at a risk of getting involved in the unending string of sex trafficking victims(Wulfhorst). Therefore meeting new people on platforms like social media come with many dangers that many don’t pay

According to Casselle & Cramer (2008), this article talk about moral panics where girls use type of communication technologies being not common. Their discussion try to draw comparison between today’ girls fear and using the internet, mainly from websites, and also concern about using the telegraph and telephone. They try to use various statistics to argue that girls online are not at risk as they claimed but the panic rhetoric about girls online has more to do, where adults’ begin to fear about the agency of young girls loss of their control over them that it has more to do with risks of online predators. In this article, they discuss the various opportunities available to girls online and how statistic is been shows significant

Eissens, Ronald. "Hate Speech on the Internet Should Be Regulated." Civil Liberties, edited by Roman Espino, Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, ezproxy.aclin.org: Originally published in Hate on the Net: Virtual Nursery for In Real Life Crime, International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH), 2004.

Perhaps one of the most instrumental factors in the increasingly problematic adult misogynistic cyber-bullying scenarios is that each individual participating in the harassment is able to do so anonymously. Anonymity allows the online participants of misogynistic cyber-harassment to feel a sense of security from retribution and strips the human traits of empathy and morality from the participants. Phillip Zimbardo, a social psychologist, studies and observes the undressing of empathy and morality seen in individuals participating in anonymous activities (qtd. in Citron 58). Zimbardo concludes, “The study found that the anonymous students delivered twice as much electric shock to subjects as the non-anonymous students” (qtd. in Citron 58).

Rape culture in modern times has it’s many similarities and differences to the rape culture in the novel. Nowadays rape culture exists through social media. Sexual abuse has become a recurring problem on social media, even though it’s not accepted in our society. The sexual abuse still occurs. There aren’t many deterrents to sexual abuse on social media and by the time something’s been done about it the damage has already been done.

In general, social critics and specialists have discussed this abuse in two ways: online bullying and online exploiting. A prominent pediatrician and health journalist, Gwenn O’Keefe, acknowledges, “…cyberbullying is quite common, can occur to any young person online, and can cause profound psychosocial outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and, tragically, suicide” (2). The significance of O’Keefe’s statement is that in our society, there are individuals who are not aware that their actions online can lead to detrimental consequences, which has allowed social media to become much easier for someone to oppressing others. Another journalist, June Chisholm, even believes that cyberbullying is thought to be worse than face-to-face bullying as she states, “…cyberbullying is a distinct, separate category of bullying behavior because of the unique psychological processes involved in cyberbullying and being cyberbullied” (n.p.). In making this statement, Chisholm positions that cyberbullying has an entirely different set of psychological effects on the victim. These effects are often caused by anonymity considering that a victim can be cyberbullied by a stranger or even someone close to them, and they will never be able to tell who the perpetrator is. Because they hide behind a computer, bullies may feel empowered to say and do more harsh things to their target than they would

The majority of people wouldn’t just rape someone out of nowhere, for no good reason. There are cultural laws to abide by, and morale values people hold to. But in alternate realities presented by simulations and the internet, the buffers presented in the “real” world is easy to tear down and reconstruct. Various video games offer the ability to engage in promiscuous, and illegal sexual behaviors (prostitutes). And recently, a new phenomena has occurred where players in online simulation games have modified their avatars to “rape” other players (Sanghani). In a virtual world anything is permissible. “For instance, the Linden Lab creation Second Life

Part II of this paper will discuss the cultural and legal definitions of cyberbullying and briefly touch upon why it has become a pervasive problem. Part III of this paper will focus on the evolution of the CFAA, its legislative history, and how courts are applying

While Twitter and Facebook based mobilization will occasionally lead to real social and political change, much initial digital reaction comes from the human instinct to impress (Morozov, 2011). Many citizens partook in this social cause not because they truly believed in the need for social change and the creation of political discourse but they participated because they felt that if others saw them supporting, it would enhance online persona and connect them to an online community. The idea of enabling a moral personality that assists with representing one’s idealized self-image. However, when applied to cyberspace, created is the “the cyber super-ego” a concept which represents “ the collapse of the binary distinction of an illusory cyberspace, and its colonisation of reality” (Dick

The second area of reflection brought up by Driver is the notion of immorality existing in a virtual reality. The debate regarding this question is around the notion of consequences. Some writers believe that morality and immorality only exist when there are actual repercussions of the action (Driver, N.D., pp. 6-7). If this is true, then many of the actions completed by people in the Matrix cannot be deemed moral or immoral because they do not reproduce

Some people lose their moral intuition when using computer technology because they assume that their actions do not have real consequences to others. The lack of physicality on the internet can alter one’s ability to empathize with other, which makes them feel that cybercrime morally acceptable. The moral imperatives in the ACM code of ethics can help people make moral choices with computer technology.

Cyberspace is a non-physical environment created by computers interoperating on a network. People can interact in ways that are similar to reality, but does not require physical movement beyond typing. Advanced technology established this parallel world, ‘cyberspace’. This can be convenient for people to chat, shop, share, explore or research online, but it can also be a disadvantage at the same time. The prime examples of the disadvantages are, people are able to create fake, imaginative identities and use it to abuse others and this can lead to serious issues, such as sexual abuse or child grooming; and since, the Internet can be recognised as a parallel world to reality, this discourages people to have face-to-face human interaction. Consequently, cyberspace can be harmful to all people, because there are hardly any restrictions on the Internet. Technology inaugurated this and it is having an inimical influence on the majority of people who have access to the Internet on a daily basis.

Case 1, p. 173 “Virtual child pornography” is used as a term that was given to a new domination of video depictions of child–child or child-adult sexual activity to which the “participants” are not actual children but realistic computer-generated images of children. According to this last assignment The Federal Child Pornography Prevention Act had banned this kind of pornography, but in April 2002 the U.S. Supreme Court declared the ban unconstitutional. (The Court upheld the section of the law that bans pornographic depictions of actual children, however, we are to evaluation the moral value of the current situation. Here are my findings. I evaluated moral value in terms of this case study regarding the virtual pornography act”. (homeworkset.com) The subject involved, are our children- the constitution The United State Supreme Court. - (both virtual and the real world). And the rights of the individuals that are producing the virtual technology child pornography videos. The moral position I offer in this Morally right to keep placing are children’s legal right at bay-by allowing the individual, the freedom to incorporate technology software photographic images as a - loophole to continue exploits child pornography. If so what will happen in the future if we allow this advancement and right to continue? In our real world, exploding children through video-movies at your local big box video store. Newspaper-or television show is currently against the law and is subject to

For such a long time, physical bullying has been the largest problem schools and parents had to face with their children, but now another form of bullying has arisen; cyber bullying. In society today, teens are drawn cell phones, laptops, and other technological advancements. Social media is a way for many teens and adolescents to interact with one another and share countless happenings of their personal lives. Cyber bullying occurs when individuals use the internet to send or comment cruel and unnecessary messages to another. In its various forms cyber bullying includes, indirect and direct harassment, posting inappropriate pictures, impersonating another being, or just being plain cruel. Although anyone can become a victim of cyber bullying, improper use of the internet can further induce harassment, due to the adolescents desire to use modern day technologies. The harassers could be classmates, online “friends’’, or anonymous users. One barrier that is difficult to overcome is determining who is responsible for the attacks online, because many bullies hide behind fake usernames or profiles to protect their real identity, which is commonly known as “hiding behind a screen”. (Bonanno 2013). The motives for a cyber-bully are never clear, some might say