  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley</title><link>http://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/</link><description/><item><title>I Was the Son of a Librarian</title><link>http://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/i-was-the-son-of-a-librarian/?</link><description>Standing up for freedom of information when efforts to censor the internet parallel efforts to censor libraries.</description><enclosure url="/media/ethics-center/internet-ethics/IMG_39811-360x480.jpeg"/><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:30:00 PDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethics in The Age of Autonomous Weapons </title><link>http://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/ethics-in-the-age-of-autonomous-weapons-/?</link><description>Recording and transcript of a panel held on November 18, 2025, at ĚÇĐÄĆĆ˝â°ć.</description><enclosure url="/media/ethics-center/internet-ethics/Autonomous-Weapons-Recording-360x225.png"/><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:30:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Talkative Teddy Bears and Toy Takes on Taiwan</title><link>http://www.scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/bunnies-that-switch-voices-sunflowers-that-claim-to-be-cacti-and-toy-takes-on-taiwan/?</link><description>"Unpredictable behavior" is not a feature most people expect in toys.</description><enclosure url="/media/ethics-center/internet-ethics/IMG_3456.jpg"/><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:30:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Flip Side of Interacting for too Long With a Chatbot? 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