Electronic Rights: Freedom and Privacy in an Information World

The aim of this project, this Web site, is to cover some of the important areas of rights on the Internet, and regarding technology as a whole to a lesser extent. The main areas covered are those of the right to privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of publishing content, and issues related to intellectual property and copyright material.

The issues of privacy, freedom of speech, and of copyright are becoming ever more important in this information-driven world.

This is a list of the contents of the site:

Main Page: The main index of the site, this page.
Privacy: Privacy issues including Anonymity, Encryption, Dissemination of Private Information, Cookies, Advertising, Biometrics, and Caller ID.
Censorship: Freedom of Speech & Content: Censorship issues covering the USA, Europe, and general Self-censorship issues.
Intellectual Property: This area covers issues of copyright with regards electronic distribution, and the World Wide Web specifically.
References: A list of all newspapers, periodicals and Web pages referred to in the text of this site.
Acknowledgements: The Acknowledgements section includes design acknowledgements and bibliography of materials for further reading which I found useful in creating this site, as well as several miscellaneous items: notes on viewing and navigating this site, and some general comments.

This site is a project created by Stephen Jacob, stjacob@tcd.ie, for course 2BA6: Computers and Society, a second year Computer Science course in Dublin University, Trinity College Dublin. Research, layout design, graphic design and content by Stephen Jacob. Details of the author and project are provided below:

Name: Stephen Jacob

Student Number: 93145225

E-mail: stjacob@tcd.ie

WWW: Stephen Jacob's Home Page

Course: Senior Freshman Computer Science

Subject: 2BA6: Computers and Society

Project: 2BA6 Semester 1 Project: WWW Site

Date: 12 December 1996

Target audience: This site is intended to give an overview of the issues at stake to interested readers with a basic knowledge of the Internet and its protocols.