Every day, societal demand grows for some form of control or supervision over something that appears inherently beyond governance: the Internet. The gulf between community aspiration and the perceived limits on government capacity forces each entity, industry, and regulator to conduct a thorough and painstaking search for an appropriate solution. The resolution to this dilemma requires the innovation of regulatory design for the Internet. Without flexibility and responsiveness, traditional...
Every day, societal demand grows for some form of control or supervision over something that appears inherently beyond governance: the Internet. The gulf between community aspiration and the perceived limits on government capacity forces each entity,
Ch. 1The concept of self-regulation and the Internet1Ch. 2Internet codes of conduct29Ch. 3Internet filters and rating mechanisms as self-regulatory tools75Ch. 4Shifting paradigms : reconsidering regulation of digital content135App. 1Model code : a toolkit for planning163App. 2Content filters on the Internet173App. 3Council recommendation187App. 4The "layer cake model"198