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Regulate it in what sense exactly? Do you have a specific measure in mind? Some aspects of the Internet are already regulated, and have been for a long time.
 
WizardofOz

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I like the idea of requiring porn sites to use the .xxx domain rather than .com

But, for the most part, no. Keep them away. Big brother might not like all the hate speech on TOL. :noid:
 
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The FCC has no regulatory rights at all with the internet, after all the rights they claim to air waves is specious at best. The move they are about to make is an end run around congress and the will of the American people just another typical power grab. Hopefully we can stop them in the courts if it comes to it.
 
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WizardofOz said:
If you type in .com there should be no naked people. If you type in .xxx you know what to expect. Seems reasonable.
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Are you only referring to pictures, or would text potentially also count? Would an online forum be forced to decide its domain name based on speculation about whether there would be content that some might consider pornographic? Who gets to decide for the whole world which images are pornographic and which aren't? And how is the policy implemented?
 
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rexlunae said:
Are you only referring to pictures, or would text potentially also count? Would an online forum be forced to decide its domain name based on speculation about whether there would be content that some might consider pornographic? Who gets to decide for the whole world which images are pornographic and which aren't? And how is the policy implemented?
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Yeah, I've been doing some reading in the past few minutes and can see some of the trouble; what is "porn" and what isn't, if it's optional, why would anyone use the .xxx domain, etc.

Just as a parent, I hate when you click on something and all of a sudden there are naked people everywhere. Google images is particularly bad.

Yes, I consider pictures/videos porn, not text.
 
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What do you think about the government wanting to regulate the internet?

Answer #1: I'm for it. :thumb: Having recently finished a trip to Mexico City I can tell you nothing good comes of irregularity.

Answer #2: I'm for it. :thumb: If by government you mean me. I find it an enlightened and reasonable notion.

If you don't mean me, and by that I mean you mean someone else, I'm against it :down: and marvel at the hubris of the suggestion.

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El DLo

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I think the regulations in place now are sufficient.

IE: Removing illegal content. Beyond that, I don't think it's the government's job to filter anything.
 
ragTagblues

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I think on a serious note that the internet should not be regulated, as it gives so many so much freedom; but this puts you in a bit of a bind as there are to many who misuse it.

It's hard to be satisfied with either viewpoint and I feel that governments around the world will start to regulate the internet. I just wonder how it could be done.
 
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As far as I'm concerned they can keep their slimey paws off of it......but they won't. :plain:
 
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Once we get to anonymous P2P, FTP, mail and web browsing through encryption and onion routing (I2P, Freenet, etc), whatever the government attempts to do to the Net (short of shutting it down) will be irrelevant.

Meanwhile, we can access foreign VPNs and anonymous proxies. On countries that don't cooperate with US authorities. Ever. Either way, the USGOV's attempts at snooping *will* be fooled through technical means.


The greatest beauty of onion-routing is that only if the whole chain of transmission is compromised does the data get deciphered. Furthermore, the random and anonymous forwarding of data gives the user complete plausible deniability about content downloads OR uploads.





Data can still be FTPd through spoofed IP addresses. IT has grown to a point where governmental control becomes nigh-impossible. Unless they implement hardware-level backdoors on all machinery, the Net will kill surveillance. It would have long ago, but people are generally somewhat cavalier about their own privacy.
 
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WizardofOz said:
Yeah, I've been doing some reading in the past few minutes and can see some of the trouble; what is "porn" and what isn't, if it's optional, why would anyone use the .xxx domain, etc.

Just as a parent, I hate when you click on something and all of a sudden there are naked people everywhere. Google images is particularly bad.

Yes, I consider pictures/videos porn, not text.
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There is software out there that will "guard" your computer from adult sites/illegal sites/etc.

I most definitely do not think the government should regulate the internet in any way. Monitor traffic? Maybe... Traffic from known threats or whatever the case may be.

As a parent, measures can be taken in the home to prevent children from viewing pornography or being stalked by sexual predators. And if pornography is a struggle for you personally (Anyone... Not you, Wizard), you might find this article enlightening:

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