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Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting On Legal Framework Of Cyberspace: Content Regulation

Statement of Problem . Content Regulation (A National Activity) Is Necessary But The Internet is Global. Evidence that Content Regulation is Necessary. EU paper on Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet suggests that even from a liberal Western perspective, there is a need to regulate Int

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Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting On Legal Framework Of Cyberspace: Content Regulation

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    1. Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting On Legal Framework Of Cyberspace: Content Regulation By Dr Ang Peng Hwa School of Communication Studies Nanyang Technological University Singapore

    2. Statement of Problem Content Regulation (A National Activity) Is Necessary But The Internet is Global

    3. Evidence that Content Regulation is Necessary EU paper on Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet suggests that even from a liberal Western perspective, there is a need to regulate Internet content More countries are looking at content regulation Regulation is needed to create legal certainty and thereby promote electronic commerce

    4. 8 Areas of Regulation As Seen By EU: national security, protection of minors, protection of human dignity, economic security, information security, protection of privacy, protection of reputation, and intellectual property. In Asia, political communication and religious communication

    5. Theoretical Perspectives: Regulatory Paradigms Post-- because of email, Telephony-IRC chat, Internet telephony, Print--Web content, Broadcast, Computing--anarchy, and Advertising. Which Paradigm?

    6. Pop Quiz 1: Which country has had the most convictions for ‘Net porn? Singapore China USA

    7. Pop Quiz 2: Which country said it would not have the Internet but within six months of saying that, went on to celebrate an Internet day? Singapore China Vietnam

    8. Pop Quiz 3: Which countries have used the electronic death penalty--denial of Net access? Singapore and China China and Vietnam Singapore and South Korea South Korea and Australia

    9. Modes of Regulation 1. No Internet-directed content regulation laws USA, Australia 2. Code of Practice/Conduct/Ethics UK (by design?), France (by default) 3. Rationalisation of Internet laws with existent media laws Germany, Singapore, most countries 4. New Internet-directed laws South Korea, China, Vietnam Some Combination of Above?

    10. Problems With Self-Regulation Industry is not interested E.g. Privacy and companies in USA Difficulty of Enforcement What sanctions? Lack of history of self-regulation in most countries

    11. Can regulation help Internet development? Canada and France--regulations to promote French content Modelled after broadcast model of quota for television programs Does the presence of regulations automatically mean the hindrance of ‘Net development? Korea and the failure of diffusion of the moveable metal-type printing press

    12. Recommendations Have an international forum on areas of agreement, e.g. porn. (Credit/Blame the ABA) Develop a step-by-step regulatory “manual” for developing countries. Share experiences of various countries.

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