Overview
This section examines the wider impact of digital technology on individuals and society, considering ethical dilemmas, legal frameworks, cultural shifts, and environmental responsibilities.
Key Concepts
- Ethical issues: privacy, data ownership, algorithmic bias, AI ethics, impact on employment.
- Legal issues: The Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act, Copyright Designs and Patents Act, Creative Commons licensing.
- Cultural issues: impact on social interaction, the 'digital divide', globalisation vs local culture, censorship and freedom of speech.
- Environmental issues: energy consumption of devices and data centres, e-waste creation and disposal.
- Considering stakeholders in technology decisions (e.g., users, employees, companies, environment).
- Open source vs proprietary software.
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