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Library 2.0 And The Problem Of Hate Speech, Margaret Brown-Sica, Jeffrey Beall
Library 2.0 And The Problem Of Hate Speech, Margaret Brown-Sica, Jeffrey Beall
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
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Library 2.0 applications benefit library users by providing rich, peer-generated content that adds value to online library databases and systems. However, not all of this shared content is beneficial, for it’s possible for library users to abuse library 2.0 applications by uploading words, pictures, or other content that constitutes hate speech. Internet lawyer Christopher Wolf warns of, “ … the sudden and rapidly increasing deployment of Web 2.0 technologies to spread messages, sounds and images of hate across the Internet and around the world” [1]. As academic libraries make available Web 2.0 systems that allow user-generated content, they …