Should the internet be regulated if so by whom?

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Well it depends on what kind of regulation you are talking about. And you need to understand that it is regulated to some extent already.

The contents of the Internet are regulated by each country that accesses it, such as the anti-child pornography laws in the US. That is a form of regulation if you think about it. Also you can not post certain things on the net without having them subject to investigations like hate speech or threats.

So if you think about it, the Internet is already regulated to some extent, there are even state laws, like Florida's that prevent people from doing certain things on the Internet like sending threats, harassing others and so on.

If you are referring to charging money for things on the Internet, you will find that is already happening also. If you order an item from a company in the states, and you live in the same state or certain states, you pay a tax on that item. So there is another form of regulation.

As for a uniformity regulation, there is already a type of regulation that limits the type of things you can put on the net, that is limited by the browsers we use. They require HTML language to be used so it can be viewed. Thats another form of regulation.

There are even regulations (rules) on what types or formats names of pages take on the Internet, you have to conform to a naming format or your pages will not show, another type of regulation.

So when it all boils down to it, the Internet is already regulated quite a bit, and thats why it works the way it does.

If you are referring to some other type of regulation of the Internet, then let me know and I will try to address that one specifically. :)

JD

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