These circumstances suggest that the use of the Internet should be legally regulated to guarantee basic individual rights. However, it would be naive to assume that legislation is the remedy to these problems. What is needed, above all, is a reinforcement of the professional pledge and ethical responsibility on the part of Internet professionals, users and, in particular, servers. In conclusion, the cybersociety in which we live needs an Ethics of the Internet. Certain ethical demands on the professionalism and responsibility of the internauts are essential, and can be extrapolated from the guidelines for the communications media.
Internet ethics depends more on the receiver or navigator than on the transmitter.
Thus, both legislation and a code of ethics are necessary to this network. All Pictures reproduced with the kind permission of Kula Studios.