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Subjects -The People, Politicians, Government, Businesses, Lobbyists, Bureaucrats, Start Ups,
Telecom Companies, Internet Service Providers.
Objects - Integrity, Cultural, Principles, Philosophical, Values, Social & Moral justice, Free Market
Economy, Education ,Innovation, Economic Growth
Properties - Competition Globalization, Human Rights, Profit, Connectivity.
Events Social Media Platform Launch like Internet.org, Optical Fibre cable network
construction, Big Advertising campaigns, and Net Neutrality movements.
The basic concept of net neutrality is about complete non-discrimination of network traffic.
2. Why do you consider them legal, ethical or moral? Are there other legal, ethical and moral
issues you have not identified?
The Internet role in political spheres in terms of soliciting election campaign donations,
disseminating information about political parties and candidates, and mobilizing volunteers,
providing government services, opinion making has grown tremendously in recent years .Internet
is affecting our lives in all spheres. Governments are using internet services to provide people
basic necessities. Internet has become a necessary commodity. As with all commodity .There are
ethical, legal and moral issues related to free market economy, providing internet to all
,corruption, Lobbyists, Profit maximization ,basic Human rights, Education, Economic growth.
There can be terrorism and hate speech issues that proponents of regulated internet will highlight
We have excluded this point of view from our analysis.
3. Whom do you include or exclude in the SOPE narratives, process and why? With what
consequences and to whom?
We have tried to include all the subjects, objects, those are either the cause or the outcome of the
events and process related to free internet .Each SOPEs are related to each other in some way.
4. Why? Why did it happen? What laws not complied with? What ethical codes violated?
What moral principles compromised? What brought this about? Major social and cultural
antecedents? Major social and cultural determinants? Major social and cultural
concomitants? Key socio-economic and competitive circumstances? Regulationconstraints? Free market resource constraints?
Facebook with other six companies started its product Internet.org in order to provide
affordable access to less developed countries by increasing efficiency. This event or launch was
criticized for Facebook trying to provide only its services i.e. discriminatory access to some
websites via internet in disguise of free internet. Start-up criticized this initiative of Facebook by
saying that Facebook was trying to kill competition in disguise of free services. Though legally
correct by existing rules at that time, this initiative probably involved unethical practices on part of
Facebook in violation of net neutrality. Probably some internet services provided by Facebook to
the people in free is better than no existing internet services. Government and policy makers also
grappled with the ethical and moral issue, should it allow internet.org which provides at least
some internet services or disallow as it violates the rights of other start-up companies which will
not be able to allow access to its products and services in free.
5. How are SOPE elements ethically and morally interrelated? Are they mere random or
arbitrary sequences or associations? Are there strong and significant correlations among
SOPE that exonerate guilt?
SOPEs elements are ethically, morally are inter-related strongly.
Regulating internet i.e. providing faster speed for the websites of the Businesses and Corporate
who can pay will slow the access speed for the companies which are still coming up, creating an
unnecessary hurdles for them. Similarly it can reduce the speed available the government
provided services to people. An internet controlled by large corporate houses or political parties
can be used to influence wider public opinion.
6. Any analogies to past experiences across industries? How and why do you categorize
SOPE and its interdependencies?
Regulated Internet can be compared with the dedicated railway line for fast trains and high speed
highways with toll charges. Both can be justified in free market economics but may not be morally
and ethically good for society as a whole i.e. the rich people by paying extra can get better
services while services provided to poor section of society deteriorates.
7. How do you characterize your SOPE processes ethically and morally? Why and why not?
What are the major ethical concepts and constructs involved or should be included in your
SOPE analysis and why?
8. How do you understand your SOPE analysis using major ethical theories and why? For
instance, how do you empower this analysis using Rawlsian distributive justice principles
and why?
10. How many ethical and moral solutions can you identify? How do you rate them in terms of
effectiveness/moral value?