Regulating the Internet in the Interests of Children: Emerging European and International Approaches

The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 505-524

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocates of self regulation potential for multi stakeholder self determination and public participation; Children's rights offline and online the child media relationship, entry point into wide and multifaceted world of children and their rights; How best to facilitate online opportunities while also reducing or managing associated risks; Integrating diverse policy initiatives currently piecemeal initiatives coming together; Internet regulation emerging principles and practices; Positive and negative Internet regulation in the interests of children; Principled arguments against regulatory interference in relation to either or both of the global market; Regulating contact, content and conduct risks online; Regulating the Internet in the interests of children emerging European and International approaches; Second reading of Jowell's claim, that we can't regulate the Internet vast and global technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876120794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395433.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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