Sticks and stones and words that harm: Liability vs. responsibility, section 230 and defamatory speech in cyberspace

This article explores recent developments inthe regulation of Internet speech, inparticular, injurious or defamatory speech andthe impact the attempts at regulation arehaving on the `body' in the sense of theindividual person who speaks through the mediumof the Internet and upon those harmed by thatspeech. The article proceeds in threesections. First, a brief history of the legalattempts to regulate defamatory Internet speechin the United States is presented; a shortcomparative discussion of defamation law in theUK and Australia is included. As discussedbelow, this regulation has altered thetraditional legal paradigm of responsibilityand, as a result, creates potential problems forthe future of unrestricted and even anonymousspeech on the Internet. Second, an ethicalassessment is made of the defamatory speechenvironment in order to determine which actorshave moral responsibility for the harm causedby defamatory speech. This moral assessment iscompared to the developing and anticipatedlegal paradigm to identify possible conformityof moral and legal tenants or to recognize theconflict between morality and law in assigningresponsibility to defamatory actors. Thisassessment then concludes with possiblesuggestions for changes in the legal climategoverning the regulation of defamatory speechon the Internet, as well as prediction of theresult should the legal climate continue todevelop on its present course. This is not tosuggest that all law, or even the law ofdefamation, be structured to reflect thesubjectivity of a moral construct, but since itis the authors position that the legalassignment of liability in online settings ismisaligned, this reflection can serve asbeginning reassessment of that assignment.     

The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy

Censorship in the area of public health has become increasingly important in many parts of the world for a number of reasons. Groups with vested interest in public health policy are motivated to censor material. As governments, corporations, and organizations champion competing visions of public health issues, the more incentive there may be to censor. This is true in a number of circumstances: curtailing access to information regarding the health and welfare of soldiers in the Kuwait and Iraq wars, poor health conditions in Aboriginal communities, downplaying epidemics to bolster economies, and so forth. This paper will look at the use of a computer worm (the benevolent health worm) to disseminate vital information in␣situations where public health is threatened by government censorship and where there is great risk for those who ‹speak out’. The discussion of the benevolent health worm is focused on the Peoples’ Republic of China (China) drawing on three public health crises: HIV/AIDS, SARS and Avian Influenza. Ethical issues are examined first in a general fashion and then in a specific manner which uses the duty-based moral philosophy of Confucianism and a Western human rights-based analysis. Technical, political and legal issues will also be examined to the extent that they better inform the ethical debate.     

IT治理研究

从IT治理的概念、研究维度、模式与标准、评价等方面揭示了IT治理研究的发展轨迹.     

移动数字图书馆现状及发展研究

从移动数字图书馆概念入手,分析数字图书馆开展移动服务的现状及不足,并对移动图书馆未来发展进行展望,认为随着移动数字图书馆的实现,将会对图书馆未来发展、信息公平问题、图书馆专业人才及人才培养、图书馆提升服务质量几个方面产生影响。     

试论感情语调的超常韵律特征

感情语调具有情韵特征,能传递感情信息。通过用不同模式朗读相同文本,提取感情语调和中性语调的韵律特征并测听对比发现,感情语调的音高、音长、音强等某项或多项出现超常现象。实验表明:这是读者主观体验和因情求气获得了承载感情信息的气韵,也就取得了产生超常韵律的动能;再通过朗读形成的超常韵律特征,使听者感知和读者听觉反馈的心理、生理发生变化而接收到感情信息。感情语调的超常韵律就是情韵特征,因此声象和意象均可反复。研究还发现,在感情语调语意焦点重音边界以及短语或句末声断之后,有时进入感情状态的气韵还会继续延伸,所以声断气连会起到此时无声胜有声和余韵缭绕的效应。     

基于双螺旋知识结构的知识转移模型探究

信息时代的知识呈现出爆炸式的增长,与知识活动相关的研究开始备受人们的关注,人们期望通过对知识活动的研究,能更有效地使用知识、创造价值。对知识转移活动进行探究,在分析相关概念、经典理论的基础上,提出知识转移活动的理论模型,即基于双螺旋知识结构的知识转移模型,分析模型中知识转移过程中的内部转移过程和外部转移过程及其作用机制,并以斯德哥尔摩症候群为例,从知识转移的角度,利用该模型分析其显隐性知识的转移过程。     

基于BIM的结构钢筋与机电系统翻模研究——以福州市规划院产业楼为例

基于建筑信息模型（Building Information Modeling, BIM)）概念,以福州市规划设计研究院新建大楼为实际案例,应用Autodesk Revit软件将原有CAD图纸进行BIM结构钢筋和机电模型建置,并提出BIM技术虚拟仿真过程中发现的问题。研究结果表明:（１）BIM技术可实际解决工程常常出现钢筋复杂节点、机电管道碰撞的问题;（２）机电系统进行Revit翻模时,不能按原CAD路径绘制,族库不全需建族完善。该研究成果可为后期施工决策提供技术支持,并有助于相关行业人士学习与借鉴。     

兰德公司“T项目”研究及其对我国学前教育的启示

兰德公司"T项目"充分探讨了数字化信息与通讯技术(ICT)对学前教育的影响及学前教育应当采取的回应方式,认为信息技术素养对儿童的数字化生存意义重大,学前教育应担负跨越"数字鸿沟"的使命。因此,当以儿童发展为本,从ICT的使用目的、发展适宜性ICT的界定、相应的支持体系、师资准备、家长参与等方面综合建构有效的工作模式。中国学前教育也当直面数字时代的挑战,基于深入研究寻求ICT在儿童生活中的有效整合。     

试论网络犯罪的定性

根据刑法学上的定义,宏观上网络犯罪可分为侵犯计算机信息系统安全的网络犯罪和利用计算机、网络实施的其他网络犯罪。实践中,应克服网络犯罪神秘化倾向,正确认识网络犯罪的本质。与域外网络犯罪法规对比,我国计算机网络系统犯罪立法与国际先进水平基本同步,为网络犯罪的正确定性提供了较为科学的法律依据。在网络犯罪定性上,应坚持刑法的谦抑性和罪刑法定原则;坚持两分法,对涉嫌犯罪的行为先归入两类之一;坚持类型化归纳,正确认定具体的犯罪罪名。     

大学生网络成瘾的预防及干预

随着网络不断深入社会生活的各个领域,校园内接触网络的大学生越来越多,给大学生学习生活带来了很大的便利,但也因此部分大学生步入＂网＂途,迷恋网络导致网络成瘾,严重影响生理和心理健康发展,学业成绩下降.解决的措施是教育者适当辅导、干预,学校宏观控制.