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Katelynn's Principles
Katelynn Reilly
1. Online retailers should not keep a customer’s credit card number in their database.
This principle is important in protecting a customer’s security and privacy. If this principle wasn’t in place if a person’s login account to an online store got hacked, their credit card could be used to purchase fraudulent goods. It is important we enact this principle at this time because many Americans have multiple login accounts and often make their passwords easy to hack which can easily lead to credit fraud. I adopted this principle because my credit rating is extremely important to my future and me and I want to protect it in any way I can.
2. Spam emails should not be sent to children under the age of 18.
Spam email can often be confused for real email messages this is the reason is should not be sent to children. Scams such as sending money to receive millions of dollars are a type of spam message that children can easily fall victim too. Additionally, many pieces of spam email contain pornography and/or links to inappropriate websites. My principles bans all spam email from being sent to minors, there is no legitimate reason why children need to receive spam and generally spam causes more harm than good. I chose to adopt this principle to protect children since they are young, vulnerable and can easily fall prey to these scams.
3. All email account should be remain private unless the government needs to access it.
The world is changing and most messages are now sent via email, instead of written letter. This principle protects those messages and keeps them private. By making email private it will only be available to the person who received the message and to the person who sent the message.
4. The Internet should be free of charge.
This principle means that companies such as Comcast can no longer charge for Internet use. The Internet will be free for everyone to use, this will help to make sure any and everyone can get online. The Internet will no longer be just for the rich this will help disseminate information quicker and easier. I don’t believe companies like Comcast should charge for the Internet, which essentially doesn’t cost Comcast anything to produce. Companies like Comcast are not making the Internet; they are simply providing it to you, which can be done centrally for everyone to access. I adopted this principle because I believe a centralized free Internet is the best way to make Internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. I would like to live in a world where I can access the Internet while driving in my car or while grocery shopping, for free.
5. Creative work posted on the Internet should be under the same copyright umbrella as traditionally published creative materials.
Posting work to the Internet is the best way to get publicity and display your work. This principle will protect that artistic work from being stolen by other Internet users. When you post your work to the Internet is should be given the same rights as when you physically write your work down on paper. I chose to adopt this principle because the Internet as a whole is very easy to “copy and paste” information from. Many times people use ideas straight from the Internet that are not their ideas. I believe that people who post to the Internet deserve the same rights as those who write traditionally. These people should not be punished for keeping up with the times and using the Internet to disseminate their ideas.
6.The Internet should not be censored.
The Internet should be a public forum that is free from regulation by government and industry alike. Similar to the Ancient Roman Forums, the Internet should be a place that all citizens can go to state their ideas and opinions freely and without fear of censorship. I agree with this principle because I tend to be a very opinioned person who likes to share her opinions with others, using the Internet is the easiest way for me to disseminate my opinion. I wouldn’t want my opinion censored because others didn’t agree or like it and I believe it’s my right to state my opinion on the Internet.
7. The Internet should not be owned or controlled by any one person or organization.
In a world where corporate ownership is increasing at a record pace, I believe it’s important for the Internet to remain public and free from ownership. If companies or individuals have ownership and/or control the media will lose its ability to allow free speech, it will essentially become censored. I chose this principle because if a company like Apple “buys” the Internet, they have the potential to censor it from competitive information such as Microsoft and Windows. I believe for the Internet to remain a forum for free speech it should not be owned or controlled.
8. Children under the age of 18 should not be allowed to create a social networking account.
Children are extremely vulnerable to the bad things that can and do happen on the Internet, this principle helps to protect the children. By eliminating children on social networking sites, this will help keep them from posting photos of themselves both appropriate and inappropriate and from talking to people online that they do not know. Social networking sites make it easy for bad people (child molesters, rapists) to contact and communication with members, eliminating children from these sites will keep them safe. This principle is the easiest for me to adopt, I believe by not allowing children on social networking sites this may keep them young and innocent a little longer. Children now tend to grow up a little too fast because of these sites, with this principle hopefully that will change.
9. The Internet should encourage responsible government participation.
The Internet should foster political discussion, outreach and increase voter turnout. I believe by opening online government forums for new ideas and possible policies we will allow more citizens to be involved in all forms of government. I believe all government agencies should have a part of their website that allows for new ideas to be submitted. I adopted this principle because I believe that if there was a chat or message forum where I could list my ideas for the country and have them heard by Washington I would feel more connected to the government and participate more.
10. Privacy settings, company regulations and other information regarding email ought to be simple and easily accessible for users.
Many Internet users are new to computers and have trouble navigating the Internet. By making important details about email and privacy settings easier to understand and access we would insure that everyone understood them. Every email user is subject to these settings and rules, which makes it crucial that everyone using email understands them. Although, I am young and a member of the “internet generation” there are a lot of privacy setting and regulations that I don’t know about and/or use. If this knowledge was more accessible and easier to understand I could be safer and more protected online.
11. Sites that allow users to find the location of others without their consent should be eliminated.
Tracking sites should be banned because they provide an unnecessary big brother aspect that will scare some users from the Internet. I believe the goal of the internet is to include everyone, if you start to track the locations of users this will discourage users who feel the internet is already too invasive in their lives. I personally don’t want people on the Internet to know my location at every moment of the day that scares me. This tracking makes me worry about stalking and general privacy overall.
12. All forum and chat room-based websites must require users to provide valid registration information.
The Internet allows for free speech, but with this free speech you must identify yourself. The registration should include name and drivers license number, this way age can be verified. This principle is extremely important because if you did not need to provide valid registration anyone can post racist, sexist or any other kind of rude comments without any identification of who they are. Additionally, it is important incase threats are made and the police need to track down the person who made those threats. I adopted this principle because I believe Internet bullying is a huge problem with our current teens. With a policy that requires registration this problem could be eliminated.
1. Online retailers should not keep a customer’s credit card number in their database.
This principle is important in protecting a customer’s security and privacy. If this principle wasn’t in place if a person’s login account to an online store got hacked, their credit card could be used to purchase fraudulent goods. It is important we enact this principle at this time because many Americans have multiple login accounts and often make their passwords easy to hack which can easily lead to credit fraud. I adopted this principle because my credit rating is extremely important to my future and me and I want to protect it in any way I can.
2. Spam emails should not be sent to children under the age of 18.
Spam email can often be confused for real email messages this is the reason is should not be sent to children. Scams such as sending money to receive millions of dollars are a type of spam message that children can easily fall victim too. Additionally, many pieces of spam email contain pornography and/or links to inappropriate websites. My principles bans all spam email from being sent to minors, there is no legitimate reason why children need to receive spam and generally spam causes more harm than good. I chose to adopt this principle to protect children since they are young, vulnerable and can easily fall prey to these scams.
3. All email account should be remain private unless the government needs to access it.
The world is changing and most messages are now sent via email, instead of written letter. This principle protects those messages and keeps them private. By making email private it will only be available to the person who received the message and to the person who sent the message.
I adopted this principle because many messages I send over email are private and I would be upset if anyone besides the recipient saw the message.
If you ever send messages that you wouldn’t want the entire world to see, I would recommend you adopt this principle as well.
4. The Internet should be free of charge.
This principle means that companies such as Comcast can no longer charge for Internet use. The Internet will be free for everyone to use, this will help to make sure any and everyone can get online. The Internet will no longer be just for the rich this will help disseminate information quicker and easier. I don’t believe companies like Comcast should charge for the Internet, which essentially doesn’t cost Comcast anything to produce. Companies like Comcast are not making the Internet; they are simply providing it to you, which can be done centrally for everyone to access. I adopted this principle because I believe a centralized free Internet is the best way to make Internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. I would like to live in a world where I can access the Internet while driving in my car or while grocery shopping, for free.
5. Creative work posted on the Internet should be under the same copyright umbrella as traditionally published creative materials.
Posting work to the Internet is the best way to get publicity and display your work. This principle will protect that artistic work from being stolen by other Internet users. When you post your work to the Internet is should be given the same rights as when you physically write your work down on paper. I chose to adopt this principle because the Internet as a whole is very easy to “copy and paste” information from. Many times people use ideas straight from the Internet that are not their ideas. I believe that people who post to the Internet deserve the same rights as those who write traditionally. These people should not be punished for keeping up with the times and using the Internet to disseminate their ideas.
6.The Internet should not be censored.
The Internet should be a public forum that is free from regulation by government and industry alike. Similar to the Ancient Roman Forums, the Internet should be a place that all citizens can go to state their ideas and opinions freely and without fear of censorship. I agree with this principle because I tend to be a very opinioned person who likes to share her opinions with others, using the Internet is the easiest way for me to disseminate my opinion. I wouldn’t want my opinion censored because others didn’t agree or like it and I believe it’s my right to state my opinion on the Internet.
7. The Internet should not be owned or controlled by any one person or organization.
In a world where corporate ownership is increasing at a record pace, I believe it’s important for the Internet to remain public and free from ownership. If companies or individuals have ownership and/or control the media will lose its ability to allow free speech, it will essentially become censored. I chose this principle because if a company like Apple “buys” the Internet, they have the potential to censor it from competitive information such as Microsoft and Windows. I believe for the Internet to remain a forum for free speech it should not be owned or controlled.
8. Children under the age of 18 should not be allowed to create a social networking account.
Children are extremely vulnerable to the bad things that can and do happen on the Internet, this principle helps to protect the children. By eliminating children on social networking sites, this will help keep them from posting photos of themselves both appropriate and inappropriate and from talking to people online that they do not know. Social networking sites make it easy for bad people (child molesters, rapists) to contact and communication with members, eliminating children from these sites will keep them safe. This principle is the easiest for me to adopt, I believe by not allowing children on social networking sites this may keep them young and innocent a little longer. Children now tend to grow up a little too fast because of these sites, with this principle hopefully that will change.
9. The Internet should encourage responsible government participation.
The Internet should foster political discussion, outreach and increase voter turnout. I believe by opening online government forums for new ideas and possible policies we will allow more citizens to be involved in all forms of government. I believe all government agencies should have a part of their website that allows for new ideas to be submitted. I adopted this principle because I believe that if there was a chat or message forum where I could list my ideas for the country and have them heard by Washington I would feel more connected to the government and participate more.
10. Privacy settings, company regulations and other information regarding email ought to be simple and easily accessible for users.
Many Internet users are new to computers and have trouble navigating the Internet. By making important details about email and privacy settings easier to understand and access we would insure that everyone understood them. Every email user is subject to these settings and rules, which makes it crucial that everyone using email understands them. Although, I am young and a member of the “internet generation” there are a lot of privacy setting and regulations that I don’t know about and/or use. If this knowledge was more accessible and easier to understand I could be safer and more protected online.
11. Sites that allow users to find the location of others without their consent should be eliminated.
Tracking sites should be banned because they provide an unnecessary big brother aspect that will scare some users from the Internet. I believe the goal of the internet is to include everyone, if you start to track the locations of users this will discourage users who feel the internet is already too invasive in their lives. I personally don’t want people on the Internet to know my location at every moment of the day that scares me. This tracking makes me worry about stalking and general privacy overall.
12. All forum and chat room-based websites must require users to provide valid registration information.
The Internet allows for free speech, but with this free speech you must identify yourself. The registration should include name and drivers license number, this way age can be verified. This principle is extremely important because if you did not need to provide valid registration anyone can post racist, sexist or any other kind of rude comments without any identification of who they are. Additionally, it is important incase threats are made and the police need to track down the person who made those threats. I adopted this principle because I believe Internet bullying is a huge problem with our current teens. With a policy that requires registration this problem could be eliminated.
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