Contemporary Issues in IT: Legal, Ethical, and Social Aspects

This report examines contemporary issues in information technology, emphasizing the need to protect its value through ethical and responsible usage. It outlines legal concerns such as copyright violations and data theft, ethical dilemmas related to digital ownership and privacy, social issues including internet abuse and fake news, political challenges like unethical e-voting, and environmental impacts stemming from technology waste and radiation. The report concludes by advocating for data security, strict cybercrime regulations, preventive measures against hacking, penalties for spreading misinformation, and promoting technology literacy to ensure the ethical and effective use of IT.

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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
IT

 IT builds the future of present digital era in each sector
 IT usage can be done through ethical and non-ethical
ways
 Intelligent usage of IT can innovate any area of the
human-living
 Unethical Usage of IT can destroy each and every area of
human-living
 Right use of IT can bring revolutionary change in
medical field (Schultz, 2009).
NEED OF PROTECTING THE
WORTH OF IT

 Legal Contemporary Issues in IT
 Ethical Contemporary Issues in IT
 Social Contemporary Issues in IT
 Political Contemporary Issues in IT
 Environmental Contemporary Issues in IT
OUTLINE

 Ensuring Integrity, provenance and authenticity of digital
materials
 Violation of Copyrights of software companies and
entities
 Theft of trade secrets
 Theft of confidential info like intellectual property,
patents
 Unethical usage of digital signature for illegal purposes
 Criminal activities like hacking, fraud and computer
LEGAL CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES IN IT

 Digital Ownership
 Privacy (Ismail, 2017).
 Security Liability
 Data Gathering
 Access Costs
 Data Accuracy, Reliability and Security
ETHICAL CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES IN IT

 Abuse of Internet in IT
 Hacking of Social Media accounts
 Pornography, excessive usage of computer games and
entertainment
 Transmission of personal and confidential data
 Fake news and info spreading
 Developing consumer relations through online marketing
 Digital divide (Schultz, 2009)..
SOCIAL CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES IN IT

 Unethical E-voting with the use of IT
 Illegal E-voting campaigns
 Promotion of wrong leaders for voting with the use of IT
 Regulation of inappropriate contents in dirty politics
(Ismail, 2017).
POLITICAL CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES IN IT

 Harmful radiations through converging and emerging
technologies
 Excessive electromagnetic signals coming from
unwanted usage of IT
 Excessive heating generated through countess computer
systems
 Nature damage through wastage disposal of
technological devices
 Consequent causes include climate change,
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN IT

To protect the worth of IT, following responsive actions against
contemporary issues in IT are to be taken:
 Ensuring Data Security through anti-malwares and antiviruses.
 Implementation of Strict rules and regulations against cybercrimes
 Taking preventive measures for non-ethical hacking
 Imposing huge penalties on spreaders of fake news
 Spreading info and technology literacy (India Today, 2017).
 Spreading awareness regarding right and ethical use of IT
SUMMARY

 India Today, 2017. 6 technology trends that pushing up
digital education in India. [Online] Available at:
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/s
tory/digital-education-1027965-2017-08-08
[Accessed 29 January 2019].
 Johnson, K., 2016. Cloud Storage Environmental Impact.
[Online] Available at:
https://spinbackup.com/blog/cloud-storage-environmental
-impact/
.
 Ismail, N., 2017. 7 nightmare cyber security threats to
SMEs and how to secure against them. [Online] Available
at:
https://www.information-age.com/7-nightmare-cyber-secu
rity-threats-smes-secure-123466495/
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