REGULATING INTERNET CONTENT: HATE SPEECH

Authors : Kerem BATIR

Pages : 123-136

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Publication Date : 2003-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Internet, newest medium in communications, came up with hot issues in Regulatory framework. The Internet changed all the regulatory traditions andpaves the WiO` for newforms of governance. Having no borders; the Internet pushes states to act in cooperation with each other. Apartfrom real world there are other ways to control the Internet. One can change the architecture and create new internets. Invisible hand of the commerce is another danger. Regulating the Internet is a two edged sword; freedoms on the one side and illegal/harmful content on the other. Here in this Article a balance is tried to be settled between these two. Starting point is the modalities developed by Lawrence Lessig. 
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