[governance] regulating the digital space - whose laws apply, and whose do not

[Roland Perry]

In message <20110829112629.A8C2A15C0DE at quill.bollow.ch>, at 13:26:29 on 
Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> writes
>> however imperfect, the current
>> multi-national system of governance works. It regulates more or less
>> global trade, immigration etc. But it does not regulate the Internet.
>> Not because of lack of desire, but because nobody in these
>> 'governmental' structures understands Internet.
>
>I'm getting the impression though that in a lot of countries,
>the executive, legislative and judicative branches of government
>are no longer willing to leave the Internet alone.

Depending on the country, this has been going on for at least 10-15 
years. What normally happens is some branch of government, regulation or 
law enforcement wakes up to the fact that a traditional harm in their 
country (eg tobacco advertising or unregulated child adoption agencies) 
seems to be flourishing "on the Internet" and they can't see why the 
"perpetrators" concerned should be exempt, just because they use the 
Internet rather than (eg newspapers and television) to ply their trade.
-- 
Roland Perry
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