In nine pages the pros and cons of Internet regulations are considered with a profile of the Reno v. ACLU court case also included. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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No one could have predicted that those famous words, Youve Got Mail could cause such controversy. And certainly, no one could have foreseen the effect that e-commerce would have on
the world. The question that fell to each level of government in almost every nation of the world was How does one regulate the intangible? Is this the case of
technology advancing beyond our ability to cope with the ramifications of its growth, the student may want to ask. This could indeed be the case. In fact, there is much
on the internet that people find particularly offensive in nature. However, what is banned in one country is not banned in another. And there is the issue of children and
their access to material of a mature nature. Therefore, content has become a very large issue for the internet industries, globally. The other question that arises, and that the student
should include when writing this paper, is from this unprecedented growth is that ones identity can remain hidden on the internet. The cyber world can be said to entirely level
the playing field. No one is ugly, devaluated or subject to the reality of their actual physical lives. In cyber space one can create their own persona. As a result,
many people find this liberating and the natural inhibitions that might be exercises in face to face confrontations are non-existent. How will the government balance the individuals right to privacy
with the right of the public to be protected from those who would prey on others? And to what extent should the government be allowed to monitor conversations and content
on the web? At what point does the need to protect supersede the need to protect and secure transmission of data? Unfortunately, no one can seem to agree. No one