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The Ethical Governance of the Digital During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Mariarosaria Taddeo

Published in: Minds and Machines | Issue 2/2020

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“Those who live by the digit, die by the digit” (Floridi 2014a), stresses Floridi to highlight that cybersecurity risks pose serious threats to (mature) information societies (Floridi 2016)—societies that (expect to be able to) depend on digital technologies to function and prosper. These days, while the COVID-19 pandemic scourges the world, it seems that those who live by the digit may also be saved by the digit. This is true both metaphorically and literally. Metaphorically, in times of crisis the digital is not just convenient, it is a necessary enabler for societies to function, as it sustains social and economic activities. The phrase also works literally, for digital technologies support scientific research working on the virus and facilitate public-health approaches to monitor, detect, and prevent the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 (Ting et al. 2020). …

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Title: The Ethical Governance of the Digital During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Mariarosaria Taddeo
Publication date: 12-06-2020
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Minds and Machines / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0924-6495
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8641
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09528-5

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