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“The use of the internet and social networks must be associated with a series of behaviors on the part of users, which we can consider ethical . We will see some examples of misuse and recommendations for good use. " smarttechnofy
Ethics
" Ethics is a
branch of philosophy that deals with the rational study of morality, virtue,
duty, happiness and good living ." Wikipedia
Thus, we can say that it is the study of doing things in the
correct and moral way. For all this, it is commonly related to people's values
and how to act correctly. In this way, if we behave appropriately, there will
be no problem and everything will run normally.
Ethics in blogs
A blog or a microblog is usually a public environment as
long as we do not decide otherwise . After being clear that, above all, we must
follow and comply with legal regulations , another point that we must consider
is not to harm anyone .
An important element in blogging is that the author, as with
anyone who writes through another medium, is responsible for what he writes. In
this way, if we write something that is false knowingly, we will be incurring
defamation for saying things that we know to be false; but, even if we know that
they are really true, if we have no way of verifying them, we should not write
about them.
Another issue is the opinions we have . Despite being our
opinion, if we publish it, we may be harming third parties and we must be
careful what we say. If we know that a person is an alcoholic, we should not
refer to him in a blog, saying so, unless that person expressly allows us,
since we can harm him, even if our idea or impression about that person is that
he is an alcoholic.
We should not refer to other people in such a way that they
are easily identifiable on our blog or microblog , and less if we want to make
an offensive or hurtful comment, a different thing is congratulations. If we
talk about sensitive topics, we should not indicate who we are talking about to
avoid harming that person.
When we write in a blog, we must be prepared to receive any
type of comments , especially if the subject we are dealing with is thorny:
politics or some other topic that can generate debate .
In social networks, as in the day to day, we must not
disrespect anyone, protected by the anonymity that they offer us.
When we talk about a topic, we must substantiate our
sources, giving our blog readers the possibility of contrasting the
information.
Wikipedia can be a source of information, but in no case
should it be the only one, since it is a free and free source created by
volunteers who, despite writing with the best of intentions, can be wrong; For
this reason, it is good to check the data that we want to use before giving them
truthfulness if we take them from here.
Internet privacy
As Enrique Dans collects in his blog, privacy on the
internet is an important fact , it is a right of people, which each one must
take care of and maintain.
In the old days, people lived in small tribes, communities
or towns, where some knew practically everything about others. In fact, today,
if we approach small villages, generally some know almost everything about
others, just as it can happen within a group of friends, where they know each
other.
Because of all this, we are so connected through the
internet that we practically live on the internet . Subjects are studied
through the internet or information is accessed through this source. It is not
surprising that much of our information or our life is there and that people
who know us through the internet can know a lot about us.
Due to this existing hyperconnectivity , where more and more
data is found on the internet about us , our behavior and activities must be
focused on maintaining it, not as a playground but as a work and living
environment equivalent to our traditional life.
More and more we must get used to not having two behaviors,
one designed for the internet, with our online image and the other for the
offline world; in the end it is all one, the internet is nothing more than a
means by which to express ourselves, communicate and manifest ourselves, and
what we do in it is as valid or real as what we do in daily life.
The moment we assume that this difference does not exist,
our behaviors will begin to be as ethical and adjusted as possible to the
reality that we want to show about ourselves.
The Internet and social networks are a whole and, as such,
we must understand that we have the right to privacy, but this does not give us
the right to impunity . What we do on the internet is registered more and more,
for all this, we must be aware that this happens.
Ethical practices
Another element to take into account when we talk about a
blog is that they are not sales platforms.
If we talk about the corporate blog of a company, it is
understood that this tends to praise its products, but an opinion article or
feature development is not the same as directly placing an ad with the
intention of selling .
Thus, according to the practices included in the Code of
Ethics for Electronic Commerce and Interactive Advertising , approved in 2002,
it is the result of the adaptation of two previous codes: the " Internet
Data Protection Code " and the Internet Advertising Code of Ethics , to
the new advances and the precepts of the electronic commerce directive and the
Law of Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce:
" The duty to identify the advertising message :
It is not a new protection measure, as we said, it is
included in the General Law of Advertising and in the Law of Services of the
Information Society and Electronic Commerce, so we refer to what we have
already commented, although we must Specify that in our opinion the wording
that is carried out in the Code is more complete than that contained in the Law
of Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce.
The Code, like the Law, requires that commercial
communications made electronically be clearly identifiable as such and indicate
the natural or legal person on whose behalf they are made. However, it
specifically adds that the advertiser must indicate to its recipients, in a
clear, direct and easily accessible way, their name, company name, their address
for legal purposes, as well as their email address and any other information
that allows establish direct and effective communication with him. In this way,
the duty of information of the service provider recognized in the Law is
extended to the advertiser ”.
In this way, we must clarify whether the content of our
articles or comments follow a direct sales intention or just a recommendation
of a product .