Policing the Internet?

Source: EurActiv.com

“Policymakers worldwide are at loggerheads over how to crack down on cyber-criminals, unlawful content and illegal downloading. But laws have been slow to arrive as legislators try to reconcile fundamental rights and Internet security.

The Internet has become a headache for policymakers struggling to police criminal activity in an intangible web of code that spans territories outside of their jurisdictions.

Failing to tackle the problem at a national level, European policymakers have been trying to write laws and create new bodies to make binding decisions about unlawful content and activity online.

Their attempts are highly contested by MEPs and legislators in national parliaments, who fearthat draconian rules on Internet filtering would eventually dilute fundamental freedoms like free speech.”