Social Computing and the Law: Uses and Abuses in Exceptional Circumstances

ISBN-13: 9781108428651 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 176 str.

Khurshid Ahmad

Opis

A compilation of expertise in Internet law and in ethical considerations concerning social computing in emergencies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 1.1. A note on terminology; 1.2. Security, privacy, and dignity during an emergency; 1.3. Our contribution: disasters, technology, law and ethics; 1.4. Structure of the book; 2. Social computing systems and ethical considerations; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Key ethical challenges posed by social computing systems; 2.3. Technology mediated protection of data and persons; 2.4. Conclusion; 3. Internet laws; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Internet governance systems: self-regulation, technical regulation and governmental regulation; 3.3. Ownership of personal data harvested from social computing systems; 3.4. Protection for monitoring and harvesting information on social media; 3.5. Summary findings; 4. Copyright law and data protection law; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. EU copyright directives and German copyright law; 4.3. The ontology of copyright; 4.4. Copyright and exceptional circumstances: disaster management; 4.5. Exceptions and limitations; 4.6. Summary; 5. EU human rights framework; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Approach; 5.3. Disaster management and human rights; 5.4. EU fundamental rights framework and disaster management; 5.5. Conclusion; 6. Conclusion: legally using social computing streams and privacy protection; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Social computing analysis in exceptional circumstances; 6.3. Checklist of legal issues; 6.4. Risk analysis; 6.5. Conclusion.