Ethics of Internet Searching

"People who use the Internet make up the world's largest community." (Bailey 6). So to be safe "It's important to use good judgment when it comes to being a smart cyber citizen." (Bailey 12). To gather information ethically and to ensure your own safety is very important when using the highly populated internet. "Ethics are the rules you use in life to help you decide what is right and wrong." (Bailey 4). To use the internet ethically one must think and understand the things that are wrong in real life are normally wrong online too. For one to understand how important it is to use the internet ethically they should know that there is ways unethical use is being controlled, how their lack of cyber literacy affects their online decisions, and know how the world is becoming impacted by the "technology generations". First off one should understand the ways unethical use on the internet is being controlled and by whom. "There is technology that can find out who you are and what you do online." (Bailey 9&10). Websites can be monitored by their makers to see what all you say and what all you do. "The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a group that represents people in the music business." (Bailey 29). The RIAA watches for peer to peer music sharing and you could get caught and get sued a good bit of money because in a way it's considered stealing. It's a better idea to be ethical and just buy music from an ethical site such as iTunes. " Another law, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), is designed to protect children's personal information." (Bailey 30). This act is designed to watch and protect young children on certain websites so they are protected from dangerous older people. The ethical thing for parents to do is make sure their child gets on ethical child gaming websites. Everything you post or send through the internet stays there and is accessible for years after you have put it on there. The ethical thing to do here is post