Over the weekend, Newsweek and the Daily Beast posted an essay by author Nick Haraway, imploring the users of the internet to take responsibility for our collective actions online, noting that the online world is not separate from, but rather an extension of the real world.  He writes:

“The Internet is neither a magical kingdom nor a pirate nation of free speech and perfect artistic self-expression circling the earth beyond the reach of national laws. Nor is it an alien intrusion flooding a fragile human reality with orcs, kinky sex, and email scams from Nigerian bankers. The Internet is us. Once we accept this, it follows that we have a lot of work to do.”

We agree with Haraway: “We don’t get a free pass on bad behavior simply because it takes place in a digital environment or is associated with technology.”

Read his post here