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Khaleej Times - 15 April, 2009
Should it be policed? If so, how much? If so, who should do it? There are no clear answers and the search for the direction it must take is likely to continue for a while.

....Governments, be they liberal or religious-oriented, perhaps have come to see this new medium as a source of anarchy. Demands are pouring in to come up with new pieces of legislations, which can streamline options and avenues of access to general public......

OUR PRESIDENT - on Technology - Read more here
Barack Obama will protect the openness of the internet:
Obama and Biden strongly support the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.

Deploy a modern communications infrastructure:
Obama and Biden believe we can get true broadband to every community in America.

IDEAS & TRENDS; Policing the Internet: Anyone But Government
By STEVE LOHR Published: Sunday, February 20, 2000 NEW YORK TIMES
THE attacks on eBay, Yahoo, E*Trade and other big Web sites earlier this month showed the Internet to be surprisingly vulnerable to a few laptop-toting cyber-vandals. This is a pressing public concern, surely, as the nation increasingly comes to rely for commerce and everyday communication on this chaotic, global computer network.
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