The "ethics in software engineering" classes I've seen use things like Therac-25 as examples, but it seems pretty esoteric to most students, and with near-daily mass shootings in the news, the loss of life does not impress. Does anyone currently teach a software ethics course that focuses primarily on memetic threats, e.g., developers' responsibility/liability w.r.t. disinformation/radicalization that leads to mass killings or targeted harassment? If so, pointers welcome.
@gvwilson It's not a course, but https://pointersgonewild.com/2023/05/29/software-bugs-that-cause-real-world-harm/ has a number of more real-life cases (such as furniture delivery schedules, which led to a driver being threatened)
Software Bugs That Cause Real-World Harm

Years ago, when I was an undergraduate student at McGill, I took a software engineering class, and as part of that class, I heard the infamous story of the Therac-25 computer-controlled radiotherap…

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