What is Internet ethics?
Ethics are a set of moral principles that govern an individual or a group on what is acceptable behaviour while using a computer. Computer ethics is a set of moral principles that govern the usage of computers.
One of the common issues of computer ethics is violation of copyright issues. Duplicating copyrighted content without the author’s approval, accessing personal information of others are some of the examples that violate ethical principles.
Internet Ethics means acceptable behaviour for using internet. We should be honest, respect the rights and property of others on the internet.
We have to know and accept that internet is not a value free-zone. World Wide Web is a place where values are considered in the broadest sense so we must be careful while shaping content and services and we should always recognize that internet is not apart from universal society, but a primary component of it.
Internet belongs to everyone and there is no barrier of national and local cultures. It cannot be subject to a single set of values, like the local TV channel or the local newspaper, but must adapt to the multiplicity of uses.
We should avoid chatting with strangers and forwarding e-mails from unknown people /strangers. We must be aware of risks involved in chatting and forwarding e-mails to strangers.
We must not use internet to fool others by pretending to be someone else. Hiding our own identity to fool others in the Internet world is a crime and may also be a risk to others.
We must not use rude or bad language while using e-Mail, chatting, blogging and using social networks. We need to respect their views and should not criticize anyone on the internet.
We should not give personal details like home address, phone numbers, interests, passwords. We should be careful about sending photos to strangers because it might be misused and shared with others without our knowledge.
Internet is mostly used to listen to music, watch videos and play games. We must not use it to download them or share copyrighted material. We must be aware of the importance of copyrights and issues of copyright.
- Do not use computers to harm other users.
- Do not use computers to steal others information.
- Do not access files without the permission of the owner.
- Do not copy copyrighted software without the author’s permission.
- Always respect copyright laws and policies
- Respect the privacy of others, just as you expect the same from others.
- Do not use other user’s computer resources without their permission.
- Use Internet ethically.
You can check this website for internet ethics: https://www.infosecawareness.in/concept/student/internet-ethics
Watch this video to learn more: https://www.commonsense.org/education/videos/protecting-your-students-privacy-on-social-media
Teaching: Being secure in real and virtual world
Title: Do your passwords really secure in internet world?
Learning objective(s): At the end of the learning activity students understand the importance of passwords in the digital world and learn how to create strongly secure passwords.
Execution:
- Ask students to think about their passwords of their social media accounts, emails. How did they create it? Have their accounts ever been hacked?
- Make groups of 3 and ask them to write down the rules of creating strong password. Each group will present their rules and the class will prepare a poster on creating strong and secure password.
Title: Can you distinguish cyber tricks and traps? How?
Learning objective(s): At the end of the activity the students will learn how to identify and distinguish cyber tricks and traps. They understand the tricks, spam adds, spam emails, enjoyable and engaging tests or applications and avoid from them.
Execution:
- Case study :Teacher presents a case of cyber trick and students discuss on it in peers. Then the students share their own or some close one’s experiences; what kind of trap or trick was it;how she/he managed with it; how she/he felt; what type of solution she/he found; the precautions she/he took?
- Students will create a poster on the traps and tricks in digital world and actions to be taken by using Canva.
