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Aristotle's Internet: Free Speech Values Online, Ari E. Waldman
Aristotle's Internet: Free Speech Values Online, Ari E. Waldman
Ari E Waldman
While the Internet has changed dramatically since the early 1990s, the legal regime governing online speech and liability is still steeped in an early myth of the Internet user, completely hidden from others, in total control of his online experience, and free to come and go as he pleases. This false image of the “virtual self” has also contributed to an ethos of lawlessness, irresponsibility and radical individuation online, allowing hate and harassment to run wild. I argue that the myth of the online anonym is not only false as a matter of technology, but also inaccurate – it does …
Aristotle's Internet: Free Speech Values Online, Ari E. Waldman
Aristotle's Internet: Free Speech Values Online, Ari E. Waldman
Ari E Waldman
While the Internet has changed dramatically since the early 1990s, the legal regime governing online speech and liability is still steeped in an early myth of the Internet user, completely hidden from othes, in total control of his online experience, and free to come and go as he pleases. This false image of the “virtual self” has also contributed to an ethos of lawlessness, irresponsibility and radical individuation online, allowing hate and harassment to run wild. I argue that the myth of the online anonym is not only false as a matter of technology, but also inaccurate – it does …
The Public Life Of The Virtual Self, Ari E. Waldman
The Public Life Of The Virtual Self, Ari E. Waldman
Ari E Waldman
While the Internet has changed dramatically since the early 1990s, the legal regime governing online speech and liability is still steeped in an early myth of the Internet user, completely hidden from other Internet users, in total control of his online experience and free to come and go as he pleases. This false image of the “virtual self” has also contributed to an ethos of lawlessness, irresponsibility and radical individuation online, allowing hate and harassment to run wild. I argue that the myth of the online anonym is not only false as a matter of technology, but also inaccurate – …