Introduction The report focuses the controversial topic of SOPA and PIPA. In the report, we will introduce the aims of the two bills and debate whether they are reasonable or not. In the end of discussion, we come to the conclusion that the two should not be passed. Both of the supporter and oppose will provide their reasons. And each of them will attack his/her rival’s argument. The aims of SOAP and PIPA The aim of SOPA The full name of SOPA is Stop Online Privacy Act. It is a United
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How can the human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel be strengthened? “many organizations and individuals can be engaged to monitor and improve the human rights situation in the armed forces. The main responsibility for upholding the human rights of armed forces personnel lies with state institutions, in particular civilian oversight structures such as the ministry of defence and parliament, as well as the armed forces’ leadership. The ministry of defence or armed forces’
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1791. Now if owning and operating a firearm is one of the freedoms given to us, then why do we need to be restricted with gun control amongst our nation? One of the trending topics of conversation, which has been blowing up media sites recently, is the discussion of gun control. Gun control laws attempt to regulate the sale, acquisition, or ownership of firearms through registration and identification. Now if the right to bear arms is a freedom granted to us, then why is this a topic of discussion and
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How does respect for freedom, personal autonomy, or consent apply? DNA is very personal, and we can’t be sure this information will always be used in an ethical way. While most will agree that criminals have a limit to their rights, what about the innocent people whose DNA is kept after they are proven to have no connection to a crime? Given the personal nature of DNA, I feel this is a violation of our freedom and our right to privacy. What rights if any apply? While DNA dragnets are said to be
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dysfunctional cities – and public health, such as pandemics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the rising burden of chronic disease. Technological Risks The technological category covers major risks related to the growing centrality of information and communication technologies to individuals, businesses and governments. These include cyber attacks, infrastructure disruptions and data loss. Ten Global Risks of Highest Concern in 2014 1 Fiscal crises in key economies 2 Structurally
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so-called competitive intelligence and industrial espionage. In competitive intelligence, a business entity legally gathers information by examining corporate publications, websites, patent filings and the like, to determine its activities. For the same reason, in industrial espionage, it steals trade secrets by removing, copying, or recording of confidential or valuable information in a competing company. Industrial espionage describes hidden activities, such as the theft of trade secrets, bribery
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clear and correct answer. Assange and his Wikileaks have led us to the discussion of ethics. As far as I know, Wikileaks, whose purpose is to reveal secret information and news leaks, cannot be simply defined as completely ethical or unethical. The ethical standards on this issue will depend on the circumstances. We have the right and freedom to know and express, but we must be responsible to not cross the ethical line. In December 2006, 35-year-old Australian reporter, Julian Assange, led his team
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Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." However, even if freedom, defined as individual rights, is guaranteed, democracy does not necessarily lead to freedom. This can be seen by examining the “democracies” of India and China. The Indian Constitution offers all the Indian citizens, individually and collectively, these basic freedoms and rights. They are guaranteed in the Constitution in the form of six broad categories of Fundamental Rights
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will have to be allowed to see and hear the truth behind the black box or even the beeeeeeep noises because of the first amendment that protects our freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition. It is my opinion that censorship is unnecessary in general; as stated in the first amendment we have rights as people and censoring our freedom of press is unconstitutional. There should be no censorship on anything because it hides the full truth from us and that is very important because
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the Data Protection Act, Copyright Acts, the Computer Misuse Act, and Freedom of Information Act. Because technology advanced so quickly, laws had to be put into place to protect users from online threats such as hackers or scammers. The Data Protection Act protects user’s personal information such as their phone numbers, address, IP address, name, and bank details. This is extremely important because if personal information was to get into the wrong hands, the user could be victims of fraud.
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