Do not give it to the government. It's the job of parents to control what their kids see, and frankly, they should surf the network with their kids and talk about what they see together. It's the parents' job, but yes, there are going to be more commercial services available to help parents. You can buy magazines for your kids that in effect control what the child sees. These services will operate in asimilar way.
People mistake democracy with voting and they mistake decentralization with democracy.
What the Net allows is for people to fragment into smaller communities where everybody voted for the same thing. It's the same as the marketplace where the people who want red ketchup get red, and the people who want green ketchup get green. The real value of the Internet is not in voting electronically because that is a simple logistic issue. Rather the value is in giving people the ability to discuss these things and to participate in the decisions with ideas and proposals. It is going to be pretty necessary for the next generation of kids who will be workers.