My Ideas on How to Regulate the Internet . . .

Harvy Sahota's PrOpOsAl.. x

Issues That Will Be Raised If Internet Regulation Is Not Carried Out...

• -Internet connections may be slowed down.

• – Businesses will face damage & major loss.

• – Computers will face the danger of being hacked.

• – Information posted up on the internet may become meaningless and unnecessary since anyone and everyone will be able to edit and post up their own blogs.

What I Think About The Issues Surrounding Being Able To Access Ideas From All Over The World Publishing Our Words & Images. . .

To begin with, this suggests that people are now capable of viewing ideas from all over the world. The public can now get hold of public information alongside private information, such as a persons name, social background, age, what their likes & dislikes are & other personal information. This may lead to serious issues such as major fraud. Information can now be viewed by anyone using the internet. Therefore, we do not know which type of people can be reading through profiles. Many people are severely concerned about the facts on whether the people viewing the profiles are teenagers or people over the age of 30, since this could come across as paedophilia.

Who Would Be Responsible For Internet Regulation?
I believe that a new organisation should be made in order to look at what things are posted onto the internet, and restrict any information which they believe could cause serious harm to people or disrupt any activities e.g. if a site is made with false information about somebody then that could be stopped by this organisation as it could harm their life/career.

Are There Any Existing Bodies Who Could/Should Do This?

There is already a company called ICCAN which is a non-profit corporation that is assuming responsibility from the U.S. Government for coordinating certain Internet technical functions, including the management of Internet domain name system.

Would It Require A New Organisation?

Personally I don’t believe it would require a new organisation to regulate the internet because if the existing corporation starts to reinforce stricter rules on the information which is posted onto the internet, it would automatically help regulate the system.

How Would It Be Monitored?

In order to monitor the net, I think that some sort of fire wall or a similar devise should be made so that nothing can be posted or blogged up on the net through a virtual world, without being monitored. This way the danger of issues such as paedophilia and other similar issues will become reduced.