Law should neither favour nor disadvantage the Internet and should be based on knowledge. Conduct that is lawless in other media should be lawless on the Internet. And if Internet context identifies legal shortcomings such as privacy of data and personal information, these should be resolved for all media. We do not need a law for Internet, the Internet law already exists. The purpose and scope of this paper was to examine how the Internet is being regulated, to sharpen and focus the debate on approaches and to identify potential solutions.
Laws vary considerably from nation to nation.
The regulation is on the Internet, it is a networked approach. The self-regulation has given an apparent move to greater freedom but there is a lack of congruence between purpose and administration of the Internet Code of Practice. Self regulation can be a solution and an alternative to Internet law. Governments have universally failed to act. Self regulation with principles can be a global approach to Internet regulation.