Assignment 2 Submissions

Submission Instructions

Please note that we have updated the final project page's FAQ section based on some student questions that have come to us over the past week.

This assignment is due on February 25. Grading for this assignment is on a 5-point scale; late assignments will be docked 1 point for each day they are late (assignments submitted 4 days late or later will have a maximum grade of 1 point).

Please name your file "wikiusername_Assignment2," where "wikiusername" is replaced with your username, to avoid overwriting someone else's assignment or causing errors in the Wiki by including forbidden characters. So if your username is "jdoe" and your file is a Word document your file should be named "jdoe_Assignment2.doc."

Upload your rough draft here: Upload file. If you have trouble finding the file you uploaded, check the list of uploaded files.

In the submissions section below please post the following information:

• Name or pseudonym:
• Prospectus title:
• Link to prospectus: (add your link here)

Comments

Everyone will receive an additional participation grade for this assignment. You should read through everyone's proposals after they are uploaded and add constructive comments below the proposal on which you're commenting. Comments should be submitted by March 5 so you have time to incorporate them, if applicable, into your project outline. Please remember to sign your comments by adding four tildes (~~~~) to the end of your contribution. This will automatically add your username and the date/time of your post. If we don't know who you are we can't give you credit for finishing this assignment!

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• Name: Jolie Ho - Wan Lap Ho
• Instagram vs Flickr
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/Jolie_Assignment_2.docx

Jolietheone 16:15, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Drogowski - Daniel Rogowski
• Regulating Digital Currencies: The Bitcoin Conundrum
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Regulating_Digital_Currencies-_The_Bitcoin_Conundrum_Daniel_Rogowski.docx

Drogowski 14:58, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• MikeJohnson 14:32, 25 February 2014 (EST)
• Twitch Plays Pokémon – How Mediating Gameplay Changes the Game
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/MikeJohnson_Assignment2.docx

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• Mikewitwicki 14:03, 25 February 2014 (EST)
• How does the online Flickr community operate within the Creative Commons feature? How do they share their work, and work together?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/Prospectus_for_final_paper_Michael_Thomas.docx

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Luciagamboaso 10:42, 25 February 2014 (EST)

• Framework of control in government run collaborative platform
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Assignment_2_LGS.docx‎

Hi Lucia, are there specified rules of engagement so that government effort to filter or modify inappropriate inputs are minimized? Ichua 13:32, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Assignment 2:
• Gendered Online Communities: Targeted Harassment and Successful Interventions
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:akk22_assignment2.docx
• akk22 10:23, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Assignment 2:

• Can websites with online forums, control the behavior of its members for the sake of growth?

• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Dan_Coronado_assignmen_2b.docx

Dancoron 09:47, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Assignment Two:

• A Web of Lies and Licentious Lure: Temptation, Divorce, and the Internet

• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Divorce_and_the_Internet_Harvard_Project.docx

--AmyAnn0644 17:24, 24 February 2014 (EST)

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• Assignment Two:
• Who has the right to control our personal genetic information?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Monroe_Assignment_Two.docx

Margorm 18:30, 23 February 2014 (EST)

Hi Margo, I'm not sure if you'll ever read this, but if you do, would you by any chance be interested in working on your project in a group? I'm highly interested in this topic (in part because I'm considering founding my next startup in this field), and I've been following it both from a distance as an observer, and from the inside as a customer of 23andMe. I'd love to dig deeper and work with you on this project. Cheers, Philip Seyfi --Seifip 19:28, 24 February 2014 (EST)

For Assignment 2-b, I would love to comment on this prospectus! Very interesting topic, excellent questions and the FDA is the US gov't organization with which I am most familiar. I will begin now, but please don't take my comments as complete until deadline of Assm't 2-b.

• I'm not sure what this sentence means (and would like to know, in order to be sure I am understanding current situation of 23andme: December 5, 2013, 23andMe resumed selling its genetic data only related to ancestry-related results
• It is very cool that you are taking an empirical approach to the community discussion, and I will have to read your prospectus again later to refine this comment, but I want to be confident that the data you collect will contribute to answering your question, which I believe to be "Is the FDA indeed fit to regulate genomic tests/databases".

Erin Saucke-Lacelle 12:07, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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Castille 18:58, 22 February 2014 (EST)

• Assignment Two:
• LESS IS MORE?; Tumblr's Policies Against Self-Harm
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:CastilleRath_ASSIGNMENT_TWO.doc

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• Watson
• To Publish Or Not: Social Media and the Syrian Conflict
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Watson_Assignment2.docx

Watson 23:33, 23 February 2014 (EST)

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• Assignment 2
• Instagram: a public space for free expression?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:LauraSanchez_IS_prospectus

Lrsanchez 21:42, 24 February 2014 (EST)

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• Jradoff 21:56, 24 February 2014 (EST)
• Comparing Regulation of Free Expression in Online Game Forums
• Prospectus Text

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• jkelly
• Does "toxic" online culture stifle feminist discourse?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Jkelly_Assignment_2.odt

Jkelly 22:15, 24 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Erin Saucke-Lacelle
• Prospectus title: Effect of rules & regulations on political discussion
• Link to prospectus: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/ErinSaucke-Lacelle-Assignment2.pdf

Erin Saucke-Lacelle 23:33, 24 February 2014 (EST)

Hi Erin, I agree with your hypothesis about alienation. For example the weak and poor citizens do not have access to the internet and will be left out of the discussion. Their needs are often under-represented or not represented at all. Ichua 08:04, 25 February 2014 (EST)

Thank you for the feedback Ichua! Your comment makes me wonder though- for this project, we are assigned to studying an online community. Wouldn't the nature of the assignment therefore assume that all students completing this assignment will be leaving out the interest and opinions of people who do not have access to the Internet? Also, I am curious what you mean when you refer to 'weak' citizens? Again, thanks so much for the feedback! Erin Saucke-Lacelle 11:47, 25 February 2014 (EST)

"Weak" = "Not powerful", have no voice or influence in government discussions and policy-making. Some politicians even believe these people should not participate in voting. Typically viewed as a country's liability rather than an asset. In a country like the Philippines with a total population of 90 million, a great economic revolution can happen if the 40 million in poverty and unemployed are mobilized. Ichua 13:49, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Ian Chua
• Prospectus title: Resolving National Issues With Online Collaborative And Interactive Cognitive Mapping
• Link to prospectus: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/LSTU-E120_Assignment2_IanChua.pdf

Ichua 06:31, 25 February 2014 (EST)

I learned from Erin that a project of this nature has its limitations. Government leaders or concerned individuals need to go to Ground Zero and observe for themselves the problems of the poor and weak citizenry. And if democratic rule has failed to eliminate poverty, why not consider compassionate rule?

@Ichua you know, I might be wrong!!! Not sure yet, I guess, til we hear back from more students, or the prof/TAs (: Erin Saucke-Lacelle 15:40, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: P. Scott Lapinski
• Prospectus title: “Crowd Control”. Content and community controls which impact scholarly communication within the PubMed Commons scientific forum
• Link to prospectus: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/PSL_Assignment2.rtf

Psl 11:57, 25 February 2014 (EST)

For Assignment 2-b, I would love to comment on this prospectus- I will begin now, but please don't take my comments as complete until deadline of Assm't 2-b.

Not sure if this will count for feedback for assignment 2-b, but I thought I might share. After reading about how exclusive PubMed Commons is, of course I really wanted to join. As an author of a PubMed article, I should theoretically have access, if I understand the rules correctly. However PubMed doesn't have my current email address on file (and I can't guess which former email they would have). I think this might be an ineffective means of control, as only 1 in 6 authors on my publication have submitted their email addresses when submitting the article- the rest of us just signed a waiver allowing publication. I sent a request to HelpDesk, and will let you know what they say... (: BTW, for what it's worth, I think you did a very good job at following assignment guidelines. Erin Saucke-Lacelle 13:38, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: VACYBER
• Prospectus title: Regulatory steps for hacking tools in light of the tremendous potential for fiscal and data loss
• Link to prospectus:http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:VACYBER_Assignment2.docx

VACYBER 12:46, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Twood
• Prospectus Title: Online Independent Music Communities: The Mechanisms and Effects of Copyright Control
• Link: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Twood_Assignment2.rtf

Twood 14:03, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Cheikh Mbacke
• Prospectus Title: Re/Code: A Neutral Endorser of Disruptive Technology Companies
• Link: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Cheikh_Mbacke_Assignment_2.txt

cheikhmbacke 15:15, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Name: Emmanuelsurillo
• Prospectus title: "emmanuelsurillo_Assignment2.doc."
• Link to prospectus: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:%22emmanuelsurillo_Assignment2.doc.%22.docx Emmanuelsurillo 15:41, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Seifip 15:42, 25 February 2014 (EST)
• Architectural choices for a better Q&A community (StackOverflow)
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/sites/is2015/images/LSTUE-120Assignment2.pdf

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• Name: Art.Mescon
• Title: Do Etsy’s regulations aim to help buyers and/or sellers or are they primarily protective of the company itself, leaving third parties on their own to seek out reputable transaction partners?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Art.Mescon_Assignment2.docx

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Title: YouTube Comment Filtering and Other Cyberbullying Initiatives

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Lpereira_Prospectus.docx

Lpereira 16:07, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Ben Harmatz
• Government Entities: Internet Surveillance and Censorship
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Harvard_NSA_1_draft_copy.doc

Benh 16:49, 25 February 2014 (EST)

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• Patricia Byrnes
• Title: Are moderators effective for policing and protecting a site from illegal use?
• http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2015/File:Patricia_Byrnes_Assig._Two.doc

TriciaBy 16:59, 25 February 2014 (EST)