After completing the assignment on Digital Rights and Responsibilities, some of the things that I found surprising would include how often these ideas are ignored. The fact that bullying online, using other people's work as your own, and hacking into other people's accounts, is such a huge issue right now is astonishing. I did not expect most of these things to be so common, with all of the awareness around cyber bullying that there is today, you would think people would begin to think twice.
In my opinion I do not believe most people act responsibly when online. I think that when most people use technology they are unaware of how much information they share, and often share too much. People commonly use the internet in ways that can be, at times, malicious and cruel to others. Gossip sites, and public media is only one example of irresponsible use of the internet. Some can be quite responsible, when they are aware of the affects of their actions online, where others can be completely oblivious.
The one commandment I believe would be the most important is "Thou shall always give credit, where credit is due." To me, this is the most important of all because, not only is plagiarism illegal, but it is just plain rude as well. For someone to spend all of that time on their work, only to have somebody copy it all, to pass it on as their own without giving the proper acknowledgements is probably one of the lowest things you could do. There was valuable time spent on that write up, image, etc. and to just use their work for your own purpose without giving them credit is a terrible thing.
One of the biggest issues around digital rights and responsibilities with young people online, in my opinion, would be cyber bullying and neglecting their right to express their opinions. Most of the time, this right is used in the wrong ways, in which others are harmed by their words. It can, at times, be useful, but with the young people today, nobody really understands how much of their opinion is too much.
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