Cyberethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace

Key differences between 6th and 5th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2016 vs 2013).
• Spinello's CyberEthics text was first published in 2000.
• The updated Sixth Ed. consists of 6 chapters just as the older Fifth Ed., but is 2 pages thinner.
• The Sixth Edition includes new discussions covering the latest trends:
• Net neutrality and internet governance issues.
• Issues of free speech and individual privacy emerging from the increasing use of social media.
• Intellectual property rights problems posed by digital and electronic books.
• The current controversy surrounding smartphone encryption
• The Sixth Edition includes interesting new real-life case studies on:
• Internet privacy and the right to be forgotten in social media.
• Social media, free speech and terrorism.
• The monitoring by employers the use of social networking sites by their employees.
• Apple's iPhone dispute.