Should governments regulate the Net?

A poll for the BBC World Service surveyed more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries to assess their attitudes to the Internet. It found that almost four in five people thought that access to the Net should be a basic right.

But, in a report on the findings, it is revealed:

“Web users questioned in South Korea and Nigeria felt strongly that governments should never be involved in regulation of the internet. However, a majority of those in China and the many European countries disagreed. In the UK, for example, 55% believed that there was a case for some government regulation of the internet.”


 




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