Internet Regulations

There are many debates going on around the world about issues surrounding the internet, such as:

• Illegal downloading of music files and videos. Also people are downloading programmes which is servely costing businesses sales. These illegal downloads are done from websites and other things such as limewire.
• When people access certain websites there are no rules and restricitions on them. So therefore anyone can go onto any website, even if they are not allowed to.
  
• Social networking site reveals information about you which could in the future be potentially harmful to you as people may find out information on someone. Even though some websites say all the information is kept secret it still gets out to everyone.
  
• Since there is alot of information on the internet about certain people, hackers may be able to hack into someones computer.
• There is cases of phadeophilia on the internet as men have access to pictures of young children on the internet
• Furthermore, websites that give out information such as Wikipedia are editable so therefore may not all the time give correct information and may be wrong. This then sends out false information to the world and is basically useless.
  

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.