Att reglera individers beteende på Internet. En kvalitativ studie om personlig integritet som en viktig aspekt i diskussionen kring övervakning och Internetfiltrering
There has been a sharp increase in high-technology surveillance. Surveillance is almost alwaysproposed as a complete response on a wide variety of safety issues. At the same time, there has beenan increase in criminal activity online. There is therefore a considerable interest in using Internetfiltering to regulate the behavior of individuals on the Internet. In recent years, many countries havechosen to restrict content on the Internet, where child-abusive material is the content that moststates currently block access to. This has caused a rise to new risks, where the initiative is to protectsociety by introducing Internet filtering, while posing a threat to privacy. This essay explores howorganizations reflect on privacy, surveillance and Internet filtering as a tool to stop the spread ofchild-abusive material. We asked the following question;How do organizations relate to privacy when using filtering technology to regulate the behavior ofindividuals in relation to child-abusive material?To answer the research question we conducted a qualitative study at four different organizations thatuse different types of tools for surveillance and Internet filtering. We chose to make interviews forour data collection. We then made a qualitative analysis of the collected data. The main conclusionsupports research on the subject. What we can see from our study is that organizations' relationshipsto privacy is affected by; the purpose for which organizations use filtering technology to regulatethe behavior of individuals, which behavior is being monitored, and to what extent. Industry andcorporate culture affect this relationship, and how organizations separates work and freetime.Keywords: Surveillance, Internet filtering, privacy, regulate behavior, child-abusive material.