1. Consider firstly what are the issues surrounding being able to access ideas, words and images from around the world which are not regulated?
· There are many different things on the internets for example; pictures, videos, blogs etc and anyone can access it through other people especially on social networking sites. This means that there isn’t much privacy even by customizing your settings which may lead to, threats, grooming for young kids as identity is not shown.
2. Who would be responsible for internet regulation?
· Internet regulation is a hard process to monitor because for example, if the government regulated it, they might use it for biased reasons to only support their opinions and campaigns and possibly this may influence voting. If you had a public figure regulating it, certain things that may be of interest to some people and not themselves may create problems. Regulating the internet is difficult because you’re not sure of the consequences and selfishness that may come into it.
3. Are there any existing bodies that could/should do this?
· I think that independently parents can apply various restrictions on the internet to stop young children from entering harmful sites that may lead them into trouble however this isn’t widely used therefore there are still many problems. It would be hard to persuade all parents to control the internet at home. Other simple restrictions that are implementing now, are the age limits however many people lie about their age so not very reliable.
4. Would it require a new organisation?
· Regulating the internet has very intricate procedures which would mean many people will have to be involved. A big organisation would have to be created in different countries to apply to the internet worldwide.
5. How would the regulation be monitored?
· The regulation would be monitored on a daily or even hourly basis and possibly separating all the websites into various genres to make the regulating easier. Possibly involves schools to keep up to date with the views on certain websites so the monitoring isn’t too big to control.
6. What would the disadvantages of internet regulation be?
· Internet regulation is a very hard process because of the mass of the population, the amount of websites, and possibly the time differences worldwide. A big organisation would have t be set up worldwide to control the internet as it’s used everywhere. You would never get a 100% regulation on all sites as people may find a way around it.
FACTS
· 1,000,000 books are published worldwide every year.
· 240,000,000 TV’s in the United States are being used today and 2,000,000 of them are in bathrooms.
· 10 million unique visitors watch ABC and NBC in the last 200 years compared to 250 million people who have used YouTube, Facebook or MySpace.
· 95% of songs that were downloaded weren’t paid for.
· Brady James of Los Angeles sent 217,541 texts in March 2009.
· Barack Obama used social networking sites to raise money and received $55 million in 29days.
Quote: ‘So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit in a blood cell in 25 years.’
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