Netizenship
Citizenship on the networks
Citizenship is about rights,
freedom, responsibilities
Evolving Rules
for being a Good Netizen
1. Civility
Not just talking to computers, but
relating with real people
2. Don’t do in cyberspace what
you wouldn’t do face-to-face
Ethical behaviour
copyright, plagiarism, stealing
3. Know the protocols
each community has a set
of unwritten rules
4. People’s time (and bandwidth)
is precious
5. The medium is the message
Your email (and webpage) says a lot
about what and who you are.
6. Give as much as you take
7. Breathe deeply
don’t start a *flame war* just because
you have gasoline
8. Respect people’s privacy
9. Don’t abuse your power
10. No one’s perfect
(not even you)
Netizenship - (GMRC, first
generation)
how an individual will relate with another
individual
critical issues:
privacy, censorhip, governance,
property rights
Netizenship - (second generation)
beyond GMRC
netizens need protection from
*cyberlords* (corporations,
governments, transborder agencies)
relations between the Big and the small
11. Know the issues, Be involved