Evolving ICTs and the Inscrutable Internet

The Internet and evolving ICT formats have unquestionably broadened communication global communication capabilities and expanded options for sharing all kinds of information and communicating with others.
However, "in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, debate over the issue of law enforcement monitoring of electronic mail and Web use has intensified, with some advocating indreased tools for law enforcement to track down terrorists an others cautioning that fundamental tents of democracy, such as privacy, should not be endangerend in that pursuit" (Hernon, p. 220). If anything, the issue public safety vs. the infringement of personal rights has only intensified in the years since 9/11.
While the continuintg development and improvement of ICT resources has increased information availability beyond what most people could have imagined even a few years ago, that very abundance has also confused established policies and protocols that guided information use and conventional communication. Although the expansive options are exciting based on seemingly limitless possibilities for sharing ourselves and our knowledge with others, it is the expansive and unlimited nature of ICT potential that makes issues surrounding information ethics so urgent, and the need for ethical answers and well-considered solutions so pressing.

Hernon, P., Relyea, H.C., Dugan, R. E., & Cheverie, J.F. (2002). United States Government information: Policies and sources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Information Literacy:
How does it differ from Traditional or Computer Literacy?