Ethical Dilemmas Created by Technological Advancements
In terms of ethical dilemmas in communication, technological innovations have created ethical concerns involving: “consent and privacy, security, inclusion and fairness, protection from online harm, transparency and accountability” (Schoentgen & Wilkinson, 2021). Consent and privacy have remained a concern for users, especially after a Facebook data breach led to “phone numbers, full names, locations, some email addresses, and other details from 533 million Facebook users in 106 countries to be posted on an amateur hacking forum” (Bowman, 2021). A “gray area” in the ethics of technology can be found in the government's request that smartphones have an alternative access point, which grants the government access to your device in times of crime or emergency. Although the government claims it would only be allowed to access each device once, Apple feels that this strongly goes against their values and the privacy of their consumers. In modern society, smartphones are seen