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Title: “Facebook and the French Flag” -- written by Irina Raicu at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics/resources/facebook-and-the-french-flag/

Instructions:

This particular article is of general appeal as it deals with a real-life crisis and the use of social media to react to the crisis. Read the article and discuss it thoroughly as a group, then answer as a group, the following questions.

1. Summarize the issue(s) presented in this article. What are the “key” facts?

2. Was Facebook acting ethically in enabling the French flag overlay for its users? Discuss thoroughly both sides, why, or why not? Support with reasons.

3. What, if anything, might Facebook do differently to achieve more ethical results in similar circumstances? Provide examples and support with reasons.

4. Were the Facebook users who took advantage of the flag overlay feature acting ethically? Discuss why, or why not – support with reasons.

5. In reviewing/discussing the various ethical theories we have studied in class, which theory provides the most reasoned justification for Facebook’s action? Provide an explanation for your choice.

6. In reviewing/discussing the various ethical theories we have studied in class, which theory provides the soundest justification that Facebook’s action was not ethical? Again, provide an explanation for your choice.