nce, a high court has struck down a bill that promoted thecensorship of the Internet. Other countries have attempted similar moves. The Internetcannot be regulated in the way of other mediums simply because it is not the same asanything else that we have. It is a totally new and unique form of communication anddeserves to be given a chance to prove itself. Laws of one country and this is applicableto the Internet because there are no borders.Although North American (mainly the U.S.A.) has the largest share of servers, theInternet is still a world-wide network. This means that domestic regulations can notoversee the rules of foreign countries. It would be just as easy for an American teen todownload (receive) pornographic material form England, as it would be from down thestreet. One of the major problems is the lack of physical boundaries, making it difficult todetermine where violations of the law should be prosecuted. There is no one placethrough which all information passes. That was one of the key points that was stressedduring the original days of the Internet, then called ARPANET. It started out as a defenseproject that would allow communication in the event of an emergency such as nuclearattack. Without a central authority, information would pass around until it got where itwas going. Something like a road system. It is not necessary to take any specific route,but rather anyone goes. In the same way the information on the Internet starts out andeventually gets to it's destination.The Internet is full of anonymity. Since text is the standard form ofcommunication on the Internet it becomes difficult to determine the identity and/or age ofa specific person. Nothing is known for certain about a person accessing content. Thereare no signatures or photo-ids on the Internet therefore it is difficult to certify that illegalactivities (regarding minors accessing restricted data) are taking place. Take for examplea conver...
