[tor-project] Fwd: Launching Ethics Guidelines

[Virgil Griffith]

I've received conflicting accounts as to whether the  ethics guidelines
require onionsites are to be opt-in [no spec yet?] or the current opt-out
[i.e., /robots.txt].

Any clarification on this point would be very helpful for the various
tor2web services which currently use the current /robots.txt method.

FWIW, when Aaron and I designed tor2web, we chose the unusual subdomain URL
format explicitly so that /robots.txt would work.

-V

On Thursday, 5 May 2016, Tom Ritter <tom at ritter.vg> wrote:

> I saw
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting/ResearchEthicsNotes
> and it notes "Create thread on tor-dev."  I couldn't find that thread.
>
> But since the below is relevant for this, I figured I'd forward it here.
>
> He says not to be intimidated by the length of the document, but I am
> anyway. Unsurprisingly the tl;dr section was the most appealing to me:
>
> http://networkedsystemsethics.net/index.php?title=Networked_Systems_Ethics#Summary_questions_.28TL.3BDR.29
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bendert Zevenbergen <bendert.zevenbergen at oii.ox.ac.uk <javascript:;>
> >
> Date: 3 May 2016 at 10:08
> Subject: [OTF-Talk] Launching Ethics Guidelines
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Today I’m launching the outcome of my OTF information controls
> fellowship on the Ethics of Networked Systems Research:
> http://networkedsystemsethics.net. Here a short explanation:
>
>
>
> These Networked System Ethics guidelines aim to underpin a meaningful
> cross-disciplinary conversation between gatekeepers of ethics
> standards and researchers about the ethical and social impact of
> technical Internet research projects.
>
>
>
> At heart of this work is the iterative reflexivity methodology that
> guides stakeholders to identify and minimize risks and other burdens.
> These must be mitigated to the largest extent possible by adjusting
> the design of the project before data collection takes place.
>
>
>
> The aim is thus to improve the ethical considerations of individual
> projects, but also to streamline the proceedings of ethical
> discussions in Internet research (or product development) generally.
>
>
>
> The primary audience for these guidelines is technical researchers
> (e.g. computer science, network engineering, as well as social
> science) and gatekeepers of ethics standards at institutions, academic
> journals, conferences, and funding agencies.  It would be great if
> these guidelines do get used beyond academic research in civil
> society, product development, or otherwise.
>
>
> This is not just my work, but these guidelines were developed in
> cooperation with many great people who attended workshops worldwide.
> Here’s a workshop report and a case study that show how this work
> developed:
>
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2666934
>
> http://bdes.datasociety.net/council-output/case-study-no-encore-for-encore/
>
>
>
> I’m very interested to hear if you have applied these guidelines to
> your projects, or whether you have comments on this work! Feel free to
> forward this email..!
>
>
>
> Many thanks to OTF for making this possible and their excellent support!
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Ben Zevenbergen
> DPhil (PhD) Candidate
> Oxford Internet Institute
> University of Oxford
> Senior Fellow Open Technology Fund
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