What some people call hate crimes are going to increase, and the networks are going to feed them. I believe in the First Amendment. But sometimes it can be a noose society hangs itself with.
Predictor: Fitzpatrick, Carlton
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the Jan. 23, 1995, U.S. News & World Report article “Policing Cyberspace” by Vince Sussman. Sussman explores First Amendment rights in cyberspace. In the article, he interviews Carlton Fitzpatrick, branch chief of FLETC’s Financial Fraud Institute. Sussman writes: ”‘Cyberspace is like a neighborhood without a police department,’ says FLETC’s [Carlton] Fitzpatrick. One of the most pressing dangers, says Fitzpatrick, is that people bound by hate and racism are no longer separated by time and distance. They can share their frustrations at nightly computerized meetings. ‘What some people call hate crimes are going to increase, and the networks are going to feed them,’ predicts Fitzpatrick, [branch chief of FLETC’s Financial Fraud Institute]. ‘I believe in the First Amendment. But sometimes it can be a noose society hangs itself with.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Policing Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 116
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne