Digital Ethics

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The ethical questions raised by digital systems, data use, automation, platforms, and online behavior. In tech culture digital ethics is where product decisions collide with questions about power, fairness, surveillance, and harm.

    In plain English: The ethical issues created by digital technology and systems.

    Example: "The product team called legal late, but the real disagreement had been about digital ethics all along: just because they could collect the data did not mean they should."

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