Ethical concepts and information technology
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
The Internet and Society
CyberPower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet
CyberPower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet
The Power of Identity
Cyberpolitics: Citizen Activism in the Age of the Internet
Cyberpolitics: Citizen Activism in the Age of the Internet
The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
A year after 9/11: where are we now?
Communications of the ACM
Gringras: Laws of the Internet
Gringras: Laws of the Internet
Communications of the ACM - The Blogosphere
Wikis: Tools for Information Work And Collaboration (Information Professional)
Wikis: Tools for Information Work And Collaboration (Information Professional)
The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective
The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective
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Organizations, national governments and supranational bodies have all been active in formulating measures to regulate access to internet content. This paper reports the findings of a documentary analysis of such measures adopted over a 10-year period by the European Union. The investigation took place from a perspective of concern for the potential impact of such initiatives on freedom of expression and freedom of enquiry. On a theoretical level, the study adopted Lessig's models of direct and indirect regulation as an analytical framework. The Habermasian concept of the erosion of the Public Sphere was used as an analogy for the issues posed by the regulation of speech on the internet. It is argued that the findings of the study suggest that the democratizing potential of the internet is indeed being constrained by measures imposed in an attempt to control the perceived dangers posed by the medium.