But it's going to be a double-edged sword. You are going to be more accountable than ever before for the decisions you make. When I make a judgment on the mountain now, I know that my wife can look on the Internet and see what I'm doing. Mrs. Jones' third-grade class can see me on the Internet. I'm not sure it's a logical conclusion that people are going to make bad judgments because of this.
Tragedies also raise difficult ethical issues for the people cybercasting the events.
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