Internet Ethics Cases

Concise ethics case studies focus on topics including various aspects of AI, privacy, hacking, social media, virtual reality, and more. (For permission to reprint articles, submit requests to [email protected].)

HALoN and Crisis Communication Networks
An Ethics Case Study
High Altitude Long-Range Networking (HALoN) for Crisis Communication, a research prototype used in high-stakes environments, enables temporary access to communication infrastructure, particularly for communities and organizations that lack the resources.
Prompt Privacy
An AI Ethics Case Study
Some of the privacy implications of prompting AI chatbots.
Meeting Avatars
An AI Ethics Case Study
Avatars based on personalized LLMs aim to meet the need for more efficient online communication.
Chatbots and Agency
An AI Ethics Case Study
Exploring the intersection of chatbot design, personalization, and agency.
The Environmental Impact of Generating Images with AI
An Ethics Case Study
Image generation tools and day-to-day emissions of using AI have environmental consequences.
Kids, Exercise, and Technology
An Ethics Case Study
A fitness tracker aimed at children raises issues of design ethics, incentives, and more.
AI, Comedy, and Counterculture
An Ethics Case Study
AI-generated text, voices, and images used for entertainment productions and impersonation raise ethical questions.
AI-Writing Detectors
A Tech Ethics Case Study
Ethical questions arise in interactions among students, instructors, administrators, and providers of AI tools.
Learning from Tay’s Encounter with Social Media
An Ethics Case Study
What can we learn from the Tay experience, about AI and social media ethics more broadly?
Emotion Recognition and Smart Cities
An Ethics Case Study
Who should be consulted before using emotion-recognition AI to report on constituents’ sentiments?