Privacy and Internet

            I would like to throw some light on one of today’s most important issue, “invasion of privacy on the Internet” which has lead me to conclude that “there will never be 100% privacy on

the web” due to large revenues for corporations, social media tools, and the publics need to be part of a growing community. The ethical dilemma is whether there can be privacy or not.

If we talk about privacy and internet, ethically it has two sides; actually it can be good for someone and bad for others. So I am going to discuss few ethical situations that can be useful to understand.

So the question is, it is ethical to have information about one’s privacy accessed over the Internet? Ethical value is to have one’s information on Internet. If the answer is yes, then that person has given his or her information for certain criteria. For an example in Facebook people have option provided for making their pictures or videos public or only me and for specific friends they can even customize it according to their own need. If the answer is no, the person has not given proper permission. For example: if somebody’s chat has been shown to others can be harm to his or her individually.

So the other question is it is ethical to take someone’s information and use it for profit or harm an individual? If the answer is ‘yes’, The Internet is known as the World Wide Web, which is used to access information, worldwide. If the answer is false, Medical reasons, sometimes according to your medical situations, insurances can be more expansive. Then one can argue that it is not ethical to take their medical information.

Then the other question is it is ethical to restrict privacy information from some countries?

If it is yes, some countries concern more about protecting their cultures and views. It can be political views. A good example is China they are filtering their internet access according to their government policies.

If the answer is no, Preventing information from the people only benefits the government. Example: In Cuba, the government tried to create a national internet, while not allowing their citizens to access the global Internet. In Vietnam, bloggers who criticize the government were arrested and abused. In Iran, the authorities block opposition and media websites, targeted social media, and stolen identification information about their own people in order to hunt them down.

Finally is it ethical for social media and online news to display or provide information about a user?

If the answer is yes, in some cases it can help catch criminals, bullying situations, abductions, and illegal acts.

No? It can affect end users in a way that they can and will harm themselves. Example: it can be cause to suicidal situations. A good example is Amanda Todd'd  bullying situation.Amanda Todd's Story.After publishing her photos on the social media finally she had to suicide.