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Police The Internet?

Do you think governments around the world should police the internet so that if something that is being publicized against the law (child porn or terrorism) can be shut down and the host prosecuted - or should they respect free speech?

Internet Police

Ideally I think it would be good if the internet could be looked over for illegal activities. Unfortunately I think peoples privacy would be breached, a lot of personal information is kept on private networks that are on the net (eg on VPNs) and this information would be at the mercy of the "internet police". While this is ok if all the police where honest but it becomes a problem when there are corrupt police which is bound to occur.

Police The Internet? Gaming Video & Issues Computer

I think its one of those "within reason" cases. Illegal activities such as child pornography and terrorism should be kept in check. The only worry is that this could get out of hand, where the government starts trying to enforce too many rules and morals in the internet community. And though it would be nice, in an ideal enviroment, to be able to police for immoral issues, everyone has a different view of what is good and what's immoral, I guess that topic Shouldn't be policed. Might turn into a situation where you can't post your views on politics, religion, homosexuality, etc.

Internet Police

Since there were only two choices -- Yes or No -- to this question, I voted "no." Mainly because there is just too much chance for abuse. I believe there is already a monitoring of the internet by various agencies, and that there is some ill-defined "policing" activity; to legistlate it and then instigate those types of governmental controls would be to open a floodgate of red tape, taxation to pay for said policing, fighting over which country has more jurisdiction, etc. It would be an unqualified disaster.

In my opinion, of course.
Roz