on that deserved the highest protection from the government intrusion. This decision is expected to be appealed by the United States supreme court. Censorship poses many questions. The majority of online services cannot constantly monitor or control what is said through their servers, or who is saying it. Legal quandaries occur when dealing with information that originates outside a country’s borders. Even if such global control were possible, standards of international ethics and behaviour would need to first be determined. The FactsToday the internet is bigger than ever, four websites are created every second, traditional mail is being replaced with email, businesses are handing out less brochures and paper and putting the information on the internet instead, etc. The public is connecting in record numbers: about 75 000 users join the internet every day. In early 1996, more than 25 million computers were interconnected with the internet in over 180 countries, and it continues to increase at an extraordinary rate. 300 million users are expected to join the internet in the next three years! RealVideo and MP3s are providing consumers with excellent multimedia. The war continues between Microsoft and AOL (the new owners of Netscape) over who can give users the richest browsing experience possible. The internet has developed extensively over the last 30 years. The internet is now developing faster than ever, who knows where the next few years take us? ...
