Government regulation of the Internet
Autumn Hamman
Professor Thompson
. Government regulation of the Internet is a hotly debated issue, there are lots of pro’s and con’s to the subject. Lets take a look at three of the biggest reasons the Internet should be regulated. One of the biggest reasons that I feel the Internet should be regulated is to protect women and children from sex trafficking and pornography. If we cannot protect the children and women from sexual trafficking and pornography on the Internet then we are failing in one of the biggest challenges out there. Protecting children from the evils of pornography and sexual exploitation should always be one of the most important things that we can do when deciding to regulate the Internet. Child pornography is a huge business that does no good for anyone but criminals. In order to protect children from sex crimes we need to be able to trace and track down the suppliers of child porn. If we had regulation of the Internet this would be easier to do and we might be able to put a huge dent in the trafficking of child porn and also the sexual trafficking of women. If we could track the people who are putting forth the child porn then we could arrest them, seize the bank accounts and with the money seized we could help the children who are victims get the proper treatment needed to make sure they can lead a normal life. The need for regulation of online gambling is becoming more of an issue since there is limited regulation of the online gaming industry. Some of the problems that can arise from online gaming come from the fact that most of the sites that run the online gaming is done by companies in other countries and there is little or no regulation in the other countries to protect the people of the United States. The problem with Internet gambling sites is that they may not be able to verify the player or their age. (Jones, N. 2013) This allows children to gamble on the Internet when it is clearly illegal. The problem with children
Professor Thompson
. Government regulation of the Internet is a hotly debated issue, there are lots of pro’s and con’s to the subject. Lets take a look at three of the biggest reasons the Internet should be regulated. One of the biggest reasons that I feel the Internet should be regulated is to protect women and children from sex trafficking and pornography. If we cannot protect the children and women from sexual trafficking and pornography on the Internet then we are failing in one of the biggest challenges out there. Protecting children from the evils of pornography and sexual exploitation should always be one of the most important things that we can do when deciding to regulate the Internet. Child pornography is a huge business that does no good for anyone but criminals. In order to protect children from sex crimes we need to be able to trace and track down the suppliers of child porn. If we had regulation of the Internet this would be easier to do and we might be able to put a huge dent in the trafficking of child porn and also the sexual trafficking of women. If we could track the people who are putting forth the child porn then we could arrest them, seize the bank accounts and with the money seized we could help the children who are victims get the proper treatment needed to make sure they can lead a normal life. The need for regulation of online gambling is becoming more of an issue since there is limited regulation of the online gaming industry. Some of the problems that can arise from online gaming come from the fact that most of the sites that run the online gaming is done by companies in other countries and there is little or no regulation in the other countries to protect the people of the United States. The problem with Internet gambling sites is that they may not be able to verify the player or their age. (Jones, N. 2013) This allows children to gamble on the Internet when it is clearly illegal. The problem with children