Regulating the Internet

Who's responsible and how?

  1. Read Blown to Bits pages 229-234.
  2. Discuss the following questions:
    • If DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) had become law, would it have been effective? Why or why not?
    • Who should be held responsible for the harm that could result in a case involving "cyber-predators" on a site like MySpace?
    • What makes it hard for governments to control individual behaviors on the web? What makes it hard for governments to control ISPs?
  1. Read Blown to Bits pages 244-245 (no heading, just begin at the top of page 244) about a victim of misinformation.
    • Who should be responsible in the case of Ken Zeran?