The world is flat book

The Key Issue of Responsibility

The key issue addressed in this context is the issue of responsibility. This develops as a result of the internet’s security and people’s freedom.

A Public Matter on the Internet

The author emphasizes on the internet’s safety for people in this book. There is a conversation about a university girl who rode the train with her dog. During the journey, the dog pooped in the train, and the girl was asked but refused to clean it. The fact that this incident occurred in public had to be a public matter that needed to be addressed. The people who were in the train took the [photo of this girl and posted it on the internet where people contributed to comment. The people messed not to address the issue on the train. Instead, they put it on the internet. This is what the writer claims to be the leading cause of the threat and security on the internet. The news spread very fast in the media and people contributed to the post by commenting according to their wish.

Positive Contributions and Gossips

Here is when some people contributed positively and others spread gossips and shame to the girl. The girl was ashamed, and only the decision she could make was to drop out of the university and go due to extreme embarrassment. This arises the theme of responsibility in the sense that people should be responsible for others mistakes. This affected the life of this particular girl, and she ended up dropping from the university. This is one of the known cases many people have failed to attain their demands in life due to information spread in the media.

The Impact on Michael’s Life

The author has proved it to the end. The case here is the Michael who was in court for the young age of his life. After writing the best article that was blogged to the internet, this, he lost many opportunities in life. In one occasion he was interviewed to secure himself a job, but when he was known to Michael, and his story was googled on the internet, then he was not in a position to secure himself a job. This is one of the cases that the internet has led to.

The Book’s Chapters on Internet Security and Freedom

The book is contained in many chapters that are linked to communicate and convey the full ideas on the internet security and freedom. To start the chatter, one of the books discusses how the information trespasses through the internet once it happens. The consecutive chapters consider the different ways of disseminating information on the internet. The next chapter deals with the gossips. The other one discusses the ways law can balance the freedom on the internet.

Personal Information on Social Networks

The author goes ahead in discussing the conventional way through which our personal information has emanated on the internet. Some of the ways are through the social network available in the global village. The focus has been sent to Facebook. This is one of the social networks where people can upload a picture of themselves. The main information that is meant to be uploaded to the network is the personal information like the highest level of education, the years, the experience that the particular person has. This has led to cyberspace security where the data of a specific individual is collected from the network and displayed on the blogs.

The Internet’s Impact on Today’s Generation

The Internet has been described as the primary cause of the many unethical situations that have been happening in today’s generation. The internet displays both the good and bad information. This lousy details involving sexual matters and videos that mislead the young generation have been uploaded on the internet. This has changed the behavior of the young age.

The Information Accessible to Everyone

The idea that the world is flat emanated as a result of the internet. The blog post posted by all individuals in every part of the world can be accessed by everybody in the world. This makes the access to every information about everything in the world upon a click of the mouse.