Yahoo S Dilemma
Yahoo’s Dilemma
By: Thomas Xu
This article reminds me of the ethical dilemma of Dow Jones’ v. Gutnik and where the trial should be held(Spinello, 2014, p. 56). This is no different, it’s regarding whether Yahoo should spend a bunch of money and time developing a software that will block all the World War II Nazi memorabilia just from French citizens. Or that they should just cut their services from the French citizens. In my opinion, I think that France is being too dramatic. Sure they have a good reasons to resent WWII Nazi relics being sold to the World Wide Web. But it’s not on purpose that French citizens can see what’s being sold by anonymous users of Yahoo’s services(Spinello, 2014, p. 54). The problem is that Yahoo does not actively regulate the content of each posting and individuals that may have posted offensive material(Spinello, 2014, p. 54).
My plan of action to resolve this situation involves many roadblocks. One roadblock could be to agree to not post WWII Nazi memorabilia for sell and if they do agree, serious consequences will occur. But I get that it’s just France that’s touchy about this dilemma, maybe they can develop a software that prevents French citizens from seeing the war relics. Or users can identify exactly what they’re selling and if nazi war relic is included then hide them from French citizens. A lot of solutions could be used to solve this dilemma and like the panel pointed out that it can’t be contained 100%, but most of it can definitely be contained(Spinello, 2014, p. 55). What I would do is outweigh how contained the problem is and the cost for the resolution to find a satisfied result for both parties.
Reference:
Spinello, R. A. (2014). American or Australian Libel law? Cyberethics (p. 54-56). Jones & Barlett Learning.
By: Thomas Xu
This article reminds me of the ethical dilemma of Dow Jones’ v. Gutnik and where the trial should be held(Spinello, 2014, p. 56). This is no different, it’s regarding whether Yahoo should spend a bunch of money and time developing a software that will block all the World War II Nazi memorabilia just from French citizens. Or that they should just cut their services from the French citizens. In my opinion, I think that France is being too dramatic. Sure they have a good reasons to resent WWII Nazi relics being sold to the World Wide Web. But it’s not on purpose that French citizens can see what’s being sold by anonymous users of Yahoo’s services(Spinello, 2014, p. 54). The problem is that Yahoo does not actively regulate the content of each posting and individuals that may have posted offensive material(Spinello, 2014, p. 54).
My plan of action to resolve this situation involves many roadblocks. One roadblock could be to agree to not post WWII Nazi memorabilia for sell and if they do agree, serious consequences will occur. But I get that it’s just France that’s touchy about this dilemma, maybe they can develop a software that prevents French citizens from seeing the war relics. Or users can identify exactly what they’re selling and if nazi war relic is included then hide them from French citizens. A lot of solutions could be used to solve this dilemma and like the panel pointed out that it can’t be contained 100%, but most of it can definitely be contained(Spinello, 2014, p. 55). What I would do is outweigh how contained the problem is and the cost for the resolution to find a satisfied result for both parties.
Reference:
Spinello, R. A. (2014). American or Australian Libel law? Cyberethics (p. 54-56). Jones & Barlett Learning.