Module 11: Free Speech Issues

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Q. Facebook's marketing director, who happens to be Mark Zuckerberg's sister, proposed last year that banning online anonymity would help curtail cyber-bullying and Internet harassment. Then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a similar observation in year 2010, noting that "privacy is incredibly important" but "not the same thing as anonymity." If banning is already imposed or will be imposed would this stop annoying comments against someone freely posted by an anonymous FB user? Is this ethical? Is this against the freedom of speech? Support your answer.

Banning online anonymity in Facebook would somehow reduced annoying comments in Facebook but not totally. It is said that people behave better when they have their real identities but there are still people who don't care about it. There are people who are not concerned about their reputation and kept on doing unethical acts.

Posting annoying comments in Facebook is unethical. It doesn't do good to anybody even to the one posting it. This is not part of our freedom of speech because doing so have violate other's right and disrespectful to others.

Imposing the banning in online anonymity is ethical and not against the freedom of speech because it's main goal is to reduced cyber-bullying issues.

Q. Is it ethical to blog both awful and pleasant experiences with your ex-girlfriend/ex-boyfriend? Discuss.

Blogging about awful and pleasant experiences with ex-lover is unethical. It will affect both parties, and it may have a bad impact to you if people around you can't understand what you are trying to share. Everyone think differently. Not all things happened in a relationship can be shared to the public. It may seem okay to you but not with your ex-lover.

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