Regulating the Internet

Autor/in	Anderson, Byron
Titel	Regulating the Internet
Quelle	In: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 26 (2007) 1, S.91-95 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-9269
Schlagwörter	Internet; Federal Regulation; Federal Legislation; Nonprofit Organizations; Standards; Telecommunications; Industry + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundeskompetenz; Bundesrecht; Nonprofit-Organisation; Standard; Telekommunikationstechnik; Industrie
Abstract	The Internet's breakthrough to primetime usage beginning in the mid-1990s evolved in an era of openness. Unfettered access seemed key to Internet development. An important foundation for the 1996 Telecommunications Act was the theory that the telecom industry would work best if it were free of government regulation, a guiding principle that has continued through to the current administration. However, try as the government might to avoid regulatory roadblocks, the Internet has been regulated from the beginning. Not only the government, but also nonprofit organizations and private industry have their hand in regulation. Certain regulations may involve or affect all three types of regulating entities, and within each entity there can be substantial infighting over issues. This article is primarily about government regulation, but examples of regulation from the other regulating entities are provided. It also introduces efforts at regulating at a global level, an exponentially difficult challenge. (Contains 2 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10