"Thou shalt not kill." "Thou shalt not steal." These commandments are pretty well known, but what about “Thou shalt not shut down Web sites” or “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s MP3s”? Children may soon start learning these “commandments” due to a partnership formed between the Justice Department and the Information Technology Association of America. These two organizations teach parents how to teach their children the “right and wrong” of cyber ethics. While these efforts may be well intended, are they enough? I feel that the resources used in this effort would have a greater impact put to use enforcing these “rules”. A crack-down on one or two law-breakers and the media coverage would reach more people than these “educational” resources currently do. Millions (even billions) of dollars have been spent teaching the “old-fashioned” laws and how close are we as a society to obeying these laws? Read the news- people steal from each other, even kill each other, every day. The efforts of the partnership may be a step in the right direction, but I fear it is too small and too passive a step to have a worthwhile impact. How many people will use these resources? How many people even know about these resources? Did you?
Read the article that inspired this post here.
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