Community poll forum: Who do you think should have control over Internet content?

Can you get some kind of spam blocker to eliminate what you receive and what gets posted? Either that or change your e-mail addy. That's probably easier than dealing with the number of things you're getting every day.

I agree that you cannot always trust what you see on a web site. But that is the same with TV and newspapers, etc. Don't believe everything you read.

Also, if you're looking for a fair review of anything, go to sites that are more accurate and want to provide the best information regardless of any advertising, bribes, etc. Go to sites you know and trust. For example, I'd certainly go to amazon if I wanted to buy a CD, rather than to "Uncle Bob's Cheap CD Collections" ... my apologies to all of the Bobs.

If you are looking at buying an expensive item, you must check out numerous web sites and reviews for that item. Then, you should get a fair assessment, or at least, a more accurate one. You can even check out publications, like magazines, for more information. Many reliable sites have forums where you can ask about an item and get some valuable and knowledgeable feedback.

Good luck,
amelia

Free Enterprise really does work, when left alone without everyone trying to meddle.

If some service providers play favorites with their own products, others will not, and people bothered by that can go there.

It's the service providers that created the pathway. Neutrality applies to equal access. Unfortunately, people like spammers demand more than their share for profit with little or no investment. With something like more than half the world wide traffic being unwanted media, we will be forced to create private nets. To protct the net, a little more legislation would go a long way. I already block entire countries just to prevent spam. If all traffic from a country like Nigeria was blocked, the country would take action.

Please keep your offensive and racial remarks out of this discussion. If the poster had said Ireland instead of Nigeria you would have said nothing. Who is the true racist.

First of all, NO REGULATION BY GOVERNMENT!. Since when has the government done anything FOR the people?
Who will have control? BIG BUSINESS, of course! The people with the best looby group wins. That's how it works, I know it sucks because you can replace the US Flag with a dollar sign or whatever logo the top corporate dog is at the time. I predict that big pockets will get it.
Is there any way we can save this so we can look at it after the fallout???????????

yes, sole control and be held accountable for it.\

Who should decide what is served on your dinner table? You as the cook, or the supermarket check-out clerk? And if there is too much salt in the food, what should be done? The cook should be told to be careful, or should the supermarket stop selling salt? The argument is as simple as that...

Excuse me for standing on a soap box but one of our Constitutional Amendments is under attack, again. Service providers can not guarantee that all content(Underlined) will be posted for the world to see. That First Amendment (Free Speech) should never be for sale or restricted by those that bow to the whims of special interest groups. Writing your Congressman or Congresswoman and letting them know how you feel will be the roadblock that will kill any legislation pending.

WHY should anyone "Have Control" of the Internet?.In spite of some of the drawbacks,the Internet ought to be a totally freespace,no government,especially NO service providers getting their hands on it.
Those who would advocate restrictions,boundries,rules,just aren't capable of looking after themselves and ought to get a life,need a keeper.
Sure,certainly,there are some bad apples out there but isn't there a few bad apples in every barrel,no matter the area?.The good far outweighs the bad and putting anyone "In Charge" of the Internet,places their views,interpretations on us all.Don't like something?,don't go there.Why should you or anyone be able to tell the rest of us we can't?.Set your own limitations if you wish,mine are different than yours.Service providers already have far too much control and we DON'T NEED Government being involved in every aspect of our lives.Leave the Internet alone for goodness sakes!!.

SPAM! That's the biggest online problem!

Some might say get another email address, but I should NOT have to have TWO email addresses just to avoid this flood of UNWANTED crud! PERIOD!

What part of ''unsolicited'' don't these greedy morons understand? The net needs to stay free!

We PAY for access to the net/web already and that's all we should have to pay! They're trying to slide more fees under our noses disguised as additional "special services"!

You can never rely on organizations, corporations etc. to police themselves...It never worked...Never will...

What about this from Cnet, hmmm?
'' All submitted content becomes the sole property of CNET Networks, and may be used, edited or rejected at CNET Networks' sole discretion. You acknowledge that you, not CNET Networks, are responsible for the contents of your submission.''

I KNOW the reasons for this notice, but it still rankles..

For the first time in our civilisations history we have the ability to talk to each other directly without interference from political, corporate or spiritual control.
The party agendas of these controlling bodies has held back our development as a species for millennia and now has been removed. We are free to talk in a way never possible before and find out more about each other without some bias being applied or controlling us.
This is a truly awesome time for mankind. I don't care who should have control of internet content because nobody should have control. Endlessly we are told that a FREE market works so why try and control this one?!!

I guess the best analogy I can use here is that of television. While our cable providers may have the theoretical ability to exercise control over what we watch, the market really drives the content. I believe the same process should apply to the internet. Let the content and hence the demand, drive what we receive. While I do believe that parents, for example, should be able to apply filters to what their children access, I believe those of us adults should be allowed access to anything we want! Demand drives content, so let the process happen!

There needs to be some way content providers can try to lighten the load that parents have keeping certain content off of the screen at home. I have an 8 year old son and a 7 year old son. The 8 year old has been sitting in my lap since 2 months old watching me repair computers, write little programs and generally interface with the computer, games internet , all of it. I thought at the time he may learn something and that would be good. Now he knows how to access things I cant figure out. Hes a genius at the computer. Ill leave him playing Delta force (which is about as graphic as an 8 year old needs to see even though its less violent than the d%*& cartoons on Cartoon Network) He shows no violent tendancies or any abnormal traits, but when he sees uncensored porn that pops up while he is on the SpongeBob Squarepants site playing a game it makes me furious. No one on this planet has the right to expose my young children to this kind of crap. If he wants to see it when he is old enough fine, but Ill decide that not some bum with no morals of any kind writing cookies to spread around to force people to even for brief moment view his trash and have the gaul to ask for payment for removal tools to make it go away for good. I spent 150 bucks on parental control virus, anti spy, software and still I get times when things just pop up for what seems like no reason out of the blue. There needs to be more control of age specific content not to censor the material but to restrict who is able to access it. If people cant see that then this country is going to crap. There is no way to apply responsibility on the net. Therefor the only way to control access to material not suitable for a certain age is for the provider to restrict access to it. I know they can its the same as Best Buy restricting access to its merchandise. You have to prove who you are.And at the same time how old you are. Thats the least they could shoot for. Its all too loose right now. Too easily accessible. I have seen crap on the net by accident that made me ill. War crimes of horrific nature, sick photos for no other reason than to shock culture into remembering it. And I do. That is a vulgar immoral way to advertise and I think its access needs to be controlled a whole heck of a lot better than it is now.