This new report from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is an introduction and survey on ethical implications of various new information and networking technologies. I've only taken a quick glance; the main recommendations appear to be in the areas of protecting personal data, network neutrality, and promoting open standards and protocols. From the press release:
What are the ethical implications of the semantic web, biometrics, radio-frequency identification, location-based services, mesh and ubiquitous networking, grid computing and other new computing technologies? A study just released by UNESCO analyses likely consequences of different technological choices. [...]
The ethical, legal and societal implications of ICTs are one of the three main priorities of UNESCO’s Information for All Programme and UNESCO was recently designated as the Facilitator for the implementation of Action Line C10 “Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society” of the Geneva Action Plan adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society.
Link: UNESCO publishes survey on ethical implications of emerging technologies: UNESCO-CI. (Full report is downloadable -- see related links on the right side.)
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