Where Are Your Principles?

Here are some of mine:
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Private persons are entitled to respect for their privacy regardless of their activities online. This includes respect for the non-public nature of their personal contact information, the inviolability of their homes, and the safety of their families. No information which might lead others to invade these spaces should be posted. The separateness of private persons’ professional lives should also be respected as much as is reasonable.

Public figures are entitled to respect for the non-public nature of their personal, non-professional contact information, and their privacy with regard to their homes and families. No information which might lead others to invade these spaces should be posted.

Persons seeking anonymity or pseudonymity online should have their wishes in this regard respected as much as is reasonable. Exceptions include cases of criminal, misleading, or intentionally disruptive behavior.

Violations of these principles should be met with a lack of positive publicity and traffic.
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Along with dozens, soon to be hundreds, of other individuals, I just signed on to them at Online Integrity. It's a simple step the blogosphere is undertaking to regulate itself.  In part because of harassment like this.
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So, where are your principles?

Comments

[Irina]

A great set of principle. Completely agreed. I think I'm going to sign up to that, too.

[Irina]

A great set of principle. Completely agreed. I think I'm going to sign up to that, too.

[JMK]

Hopefully this ounce of prevention will be worth a pound of cure.