brewsterkahle, Ethics Of Digital Librarianship
-- 1992 essay included in every software distribution of pre-web WAIS system. seems prescient.
"As more of us become involved in serving information electronically to other users, we so-called “digital librarians” must become conscious of our ethical responsibilities to protect the privacy of our the users being served. ...
This information has power, a power that can be abused and thereby thwart the usefulness of the tools we promote."
https://brewster.kahle.org/2024/03/23/ethics-of-digital-librarianship-1992/