GCSE OCR COMPUTER SCIENCE J277
1.6 – Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology
1.6.1 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impact
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cultural issues ) how groups of people
with particular beliefs, practices or
languages may be affected
Environmental issues + how we impact
the natural world
Ethical issues
Privacy is difficult on the internet
-, social media encourages peopre to share detairs of their personal life
, Cloud computing websites allow
users to upload pe.ronul fil..
+ to th.ir servers
users will accept a pdvacy agreement without reading
it so they are unaware of what they
are agreeing
-r users can take steps to make the
information they share more private
e.g. change privacy settings
-, Users have to trust companies to
keep their data secure
, Personal data can be accessed by
stealing a mobile phone
Internet censorship -r when som tries to control what other people
can access on the internet
computer surveilrurr"" , *n"n .ltone
cmeone monitors what other people
are accessing on the internet
Social wellbeing
-; Technology has increased peer pressure
, Smartphones make it easier for people,s
work to intrude into other areas of
, life
Face to face social interaction can be neglected
cyberbullying ;
when somebody uses social media
to deliberatery harm someone erse. It
intimidating or insulting someone, or can incrude
trying to humiliate or defame them. can cause serious
distress
Trolling ;
when someone tries to cause public
arguments with others online. usua,y
amusement or to gain attention done for own
Health problems
-, Eyestrain is caused by looking at a device,s
screen for too long
-t kpetitive strain iniury (RsI) is when parts
of the body become damaged as a resurt
of repeated events
over a long period of time, such as
typing on a keyboard
-r Back problems can be caused by
sitting at a computer for too long
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