Five
federal ministers in Australia are proposing a ‘digital social contract’ that
will guide Australians’ cyber lives, reining in offensive online behaviour.
Under the Cyber White Paper released on 15
September 2011, a discussion paper call ‘Connecting with Confidence’ said there
is a need to “consider a broadened or updated social contract that takes
account of the growing part of our civic experience that occurs online”.
The paper cited concerns regarding social
media use, saying that some popular sites do not have stringent enough rules to
protect users from harassment, bullying, misleading or distributing offensive
material.
Hence, this contract wants to develop a
“common understanding of a model of accountable and responsible digital
citizenship a digital social contract may need to be part of the debate about
Australia’s digital future”.
“It will be necessary to ensure there is a
broad awareness of the risk associated with digital technologies so Australians
have the tools and knowledge to mitigate these risks and connect with
confidence,” the paper says.
The discussion paper was released as part of
the Cyber White Paper draft discussion by Attorney-General Robert McClelland,
Defence Minister Stephen Smith, Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd,
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Home Affairs Minister Brendan
O’Connor.
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