What is so bad about Internet content regulation?

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-111

  Weckert, John ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Censorship; Freedom of expression; Freedom of speech; Harm; Internet; Regulation

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

CENSORSHIP; FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; FREEDOM OF SPEECH; HARM; REGULATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 33947357255     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010077520614     Document Type: Article

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