The Internet as Friend or Foe of Intellectual Freedom

Authors

  • Elizabeth A Buchanan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/irie247

Abstract

What a long strange trip the Internet has had. From its inception and use by the American military to the billions of users world-wide who log on daily, the Internet is both the promise of access to information and the peril of surveillance and a means of curtailing intellectual freedom. This paper will review this continuum, paying close attention to recent developments in the United States that fuel the dichotomous debate surrounding intellectual freedom.

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Published

2004-11-01

How to Cite

Buchanan, Elizabeth A. 2004. “The Internet As Friend or Foe of Intellectual Freedom”. The International Review of Information Ethics 2 (November). Edmonton, Canada. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie247.

Issue

Vol. 2 (2004): ICIE Symposium 2004

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Article

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