Policy through software defaults

Authors:
Rajiv C. Shah;Jay P. Kesan
Affiliations:
University of Illinois, E. Pennsylvania Ave;University of Illinois, E. Pennsylvania Ave
Venue:
dg.o '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Digital government research
Year:
2006

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Abstract

As part of digital government, policymakers are increasingly considering the use software to influence societal concerns such as privacy, freedom of speech, and intellectual property protection. A necessary step is deciding what the settings should be for software. In this paper, we build upon work in computer science and behavioral economics to argue how defaults in software should be set.