The Internet as Friend or Foe of Intellectual Freedom

International Review of Information Ethics 2 (2004)
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Abstract

What a long strange trip the Internet has had. From its inception and use by the American military to the billions of users world-wide who log on daily, the Internet is both the promise of access to information and the peril of surveillance and a means of curtailing intellectual freedom. This paper will review this continuum, paying close attention to recent developments in the United States that fuel the dichotomous debate surrounding intellectual freedom.

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Elizabeth Buchanan
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