Project on The Ethical, Legal and Technological Aspects
of Computer Network Use and Abuse

Directorate for Science and Policy Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science

The emerging global information infrastructure (GII) is a new and exciting environment full of promise and opportunity for research, education, commerce, entertainment, social change, and democratic governance. It is also an "electronic frontier" in which laws and ethical standards remain unwritten, and where individuals and institutions are still testing the bounds of acceptable behavior.

Between 1993 and 1994, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, through a grant from the National Science Foundation, held two invitational conferences to discuss the Ethical, Legal, and Technological Aspects of Network Use and Abuse. We have prepared the following "virtual" report as an interactive way to access the numerous papers and materials generated by these dynamic and timely conferences.

We've organized this report around a summary paper written by Fintan Steele, titled "Planning a Global Human Cyberspace." You'll find numerous links in the Steele paper to other papers and resources prepared for the two conferences covering a wide range of timely issues and provocative perspectives.



To start with "Planning a Global Human Cyberspace," by Fintan Steele, click here.
To learn more about the AAAS project, click here.
To see the Table of Contents, click here.


Copyright 1995 AAAS. Envisioning a Global Information Infrastructure was constructed by Alexander Fowler, with the assistance of Evette Weil.