Some people argue that the Internet is a lawless frontier.
Others maintain that it is a medium likely to be suffocated by over-regulation, because every country with an Internet connection has laws that can be applied to the Net. Regardless of which view you hold, various forms of nongovernmental adjudication may provide a remedy for on-line harms. On the other hand, these self-help remedies can also do harm. Self-regulation and other kinds of nongovernmental control have always been practiced on the Net. Methods for arbitration of online disputes, such as the Virtual Magistrate, have been devised, though not widely used.