http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/08/digital-death-for-the-living/ Insight into your digital afterlife Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/08/digital-death-for-the-living/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Evan Carroll Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/?p=522#comment-367 While I'm all for providing the appropriate punishment for crimes, it seems senseless to ban individuals from the Internet. When the Internet was in vogue it was one thing, but now it's how we do business. Imagine not being able to buy something on eBay or use your bank's automated services. The punishment is more severe than it sounds. Let's consider something like Internet filtering or a lifetime ban from social networks. Provided that you can define the latter. While I’m all for providing the appropriate punishment for crimes, it seems senseless to ban individuals from the Internet. When the Internet was in vogue it was one thing, but now it’s how we do business. Imagine not being able to buy something on eBay or use your bank’s automated services. The punishment is more severe than it sounds. Let’s consider something like Internet filtering or a lifetime ban from social networks. Provided that you can define the latter.

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