Key Findings:
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With regards the internet regulation, the report found that
With regards the internet regulation, the report found that
:the Internet has been described as an unregulated space, in which businesses can avoid the regulation of a given jurisdiction by hosting the content they publish in a different legal jurisdiction. Witnesses to the Inquiry have said that this creates an imbalance with market consequences between what might be written by UK newspapers.
[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 165]
:the Internet has been described as an unregulated space, in which businesses can avoid the regulation of a given jurisdiction by hosting the content they publish in a different legal jurisdiction. Witnesses to the Inquiry have said that this creates an imbalance with market consequences between what might be written by UK newspapers.
[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 165]
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:Certainly, the very nature of the Internet does not lend itself to regulation. It is a global network made up of a very large number of interconnected, largely autonomous networks, operating from many different legal jurisdictions without any obvious central governing body. Indeed, in many ways this loose and lightly regulated structure has been encouraged by governments and by users as a source of both innovation and growth.[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
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:Certainly, the very nature of the Internet does not lend itself to regulation. It is a global network made up of a very large number of interconnected, largely autonomous networks, operating from many different legal jurisdictions without any obvious central governing body. Indeed, in many ways this loose and lightly regulated structure has been encouraged by governments and by users as a source of both innovation and growth.
[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
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:This does not mean, however, that the Internet is without any governing principles. To ensure interoperability of the constituent networks, as well as consistent policy on addressing, addresses and standards are administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), based in California, at which the UK Government is represented.[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
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:This does not mean, however, that the Internet is without any governing principles. To ensure interoperability of the constituent networks, as well as consistent policy on addressing, addresses and standards are administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), based in California, at which the UK Government is represented.
[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
The Report covered the current self-regulatory framework in place regarding illegal content on the internet.
The Report covered the current self-regulatory framework in place regarding illegal content on the internet.
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:In many circumstances, ISPs and others have cooperated with law enforcement and other agencies to remove illegal content or block access to it. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is an example of this self- regulatory approach. The IWF works closely with ISPs to ensure that webpages, including those hosted outside of the UK, which provide access to potentially criminal content and, specifically, images of child abuse, are reported and removed or blocked at source.[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
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:In many circumstances, ISPs and others have cooperated with law enforcement and other agencies to remove illegal content or block access to it. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is an example of this self- regulatory approach. The IWF works closely with ISPs to ensure that webpages, including those hosted outside of the UK, which provide access to potentially criminal content and, specifically, images of child abuse, are reported and removed or blocked at source.
[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780_i.pdf See Pg 166]
That said, it went on to say there is space in which UK law could be enforced.
That said, it went on to say there is space in which UK law could be enforced.