Quote:
Originally Posted by beast  ...But let's admit it the internet has now trumped that and even I used google earth to see a house I used to live in many years ago. Should the internet be controlled and regulated? I personally don't but I am also not comfortable with the fact that tracking people down is so easy. Right now I would have to say no it should not be regulated but I don't know if I will always feel that way. |
I do love Google Earth. =]
Yes I believe the internet should be regulated somehow, but currently I don't believe it can be done. It would require too much of a commitment for any government to invest in.
Censorship is a form of regulation, and I believe that China is doing their best to censor anything remotely related to democracy, but heck it's costing them. They might have the labour resources to sustain a project of that calibre, but I wonder how long it'll last. The Australian government recently attempted to introduce some sort of internet censorship too, but scrapped the plan almost immediately due to widespread outrage at the very concept of censorship, having to bypass the Freedom of Information Act, financial limitations, the list goes on.
Regulating the internet is a very daunting task. I believe it
should be done, but I don't believe it
can be done. The cyberworld is simply too large and elaborate to police.