Information Age
Information Age | Stronger Internet Privacy Laws Are Necessary
You wake to the sound of a ringing telephone—but how could that happen? Several months ago, you reprogrammed your home telephone system so it would never ring before the civilized hour of 8 A.M. But it’s barely 6:45. Who was able to bypass your phone’s programming?
You pick up the receiver, then slam it down a moment later. It’s one of those marketing machines playing a recorded message. What’s troubling you now is how this call got past the filters you set up. Later on you’ll discover how: The company that sold you the phone created an undocumented “back door”;...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: How Has the Information Age Affected Society?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The Internet Benefits Society
- The Information Age Has Improved Everyday Life
- The Internet Fosters Online Communities
- The Information Age Is Fostering the Spread of Freedom and Democracy
- The Internet Harms Society
- The Information Age Has Not Dramatically Improved Everyday Life
- Online Communities Cannot Substitute for Real- Life Communities
- The Information Age May Not Foster Democracy
- Much of the World Has Not Benefited from the Information Age
- Chapter 2: Has the Information Age Created a New Economy?
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Chapter 3: How Should Governments Respond to the Information Age?
- Regulating the Internet: An Overview
- Government Regulation of the Internet Is Necessary
- Stronger Internet Privacy Laws Are Necessary
- The Government Should Protect Children from Online Pornography
- State Governments Should Be Able to Tax E-Commerce
- Government Regulation of the Internet Harms Society
- Stronger Internet Privacy Laws Are Unnecessary
- Government Efforts to Protect Children from Online Pornography Are Ineffective
- State Governments Should Not Be Able to Tax E-Commerce
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Chapter 4: What Is the Future of the Information Age?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Information Age May Make Traditional The Information Age May Make Traditional Universities Obsolete
- Online Voting Could Improve Elections
- Online Voting Would Harm the Political Process
- Media Conglomerates May Dominate the Information Age
- The Internet Will Become a More Useful Part of Everyday Life
- Society Will Become Increasingly Interconnected in the Information Age
- There Will Be a Backlash Against the Information Age
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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