There are many cultures and they are continually changing. Two neighbours next door to each-other might have very different ideas. So any attempt to make a global centralised standard is going to be unbelievably contentious. Instead of regulation it is up to parents to 'catch up' with the new e- generation and teach youngsters how to use the web safely. Children are at risk because they are 'technologically ahead of most grown-ups, who have to ask the younger generation how to turn the thing on and get it working.
Adults are slower than children.
The internet was born and has grown from a single website to more than 800,000,000, with e-commerce, chatrooms and email transforming the way we work, shop, do business, socialise and relax. The Manchester-born scientist has been hailed as 'the man who invented the future'. The web is far from done. It is an achievement of a group of people who had a twinkle in their eye about a possible future. We should celebrate the fact that we can change the world by creating a new social tool.