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December 21, 2005

Blog ethics movement afoot

After launching the Bloggers Code of Ethics in 2003, CyberJournalist.Net informs us of Nick Denton's (publisher of Gawker Media) call for the creation of a Blog Ethics  Committee.  Jason Calacanis has just registered  blogethics.org and has asked Jeff Jarvis of www.Buzzmachine.com to join in. Great news - but how will it be enforced ? If the net is an open space where everyone can voice an opinion, will the collective view of what is considered bad behavior in the blogosphere be sufficient to drive out the perpetrators ? Or are we going to need some virtual tar and feathers ? If they develop into some form of moral authority, will this be very un-net ?

Posted by on December 21, 2005 at 09:08 AM in Ethics on the Web |

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