Ethics, Society in Digital Age

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The transformation of social and personal life by computing, internet, and information technologies is now pervasive, raising deep ethical challenges. Who, or what, is really in control? Social media is often anti-social, political speech gets more uncivil, private matters are promptly public, and web browsing lets programs survey and manipulate users' minds. Main topics include the ethics of digital technologies, Big Data and information privacy, freedom of speech and censorship, regulation of social media, disinformation and propaganda, 'ethical hacking' and cybercrime, intellectual property, defending cyberspace, and access for disadvantaged and disability groups.