Who Should Govern The Internet: Monitoring And Supporting A New Frontier, By Esther Dyson

"What's unique about cyberspace is that it liberates us from the tyranny of government" (Dyson, para 16). This statement made by author Esther Dyson adequately illustrates the controversy that has come along with the mass utilization of the internet by the public. In these past couple of decades, the internet has grown to becoming a ubiquitous, real-time network of communication and knowledge sharing that has given the public accessibility to an endless range of content. This accessibility however has also brought the internet under criticism by groups who believe that the internet's unrestrictive nature can have negative consequences on society, and especially in regards to the strong presence of explicit material and unregulated freedom …show more content…
In the article "Cyberspace: if you don’t love it, leave it", author Ester Dyson gives her readers an overview on the progression of the internet in the daily lives of society, and some of the different dimensions that can be found in this digital sea of …show more content…
Monitoring and Supporting a New Frontier" by Steven Salbu, the author challenges the idea of having an unregulated cyberspace by presenting the argument that this action will lead to far-reaching complexities in carrying out laws and jurisdictions. Similar to what Dyson states, Salbu explains that the internet has redefined the concept of communication and interaction by eliminating geographical boundaries and diminishing the cultural categories around the world as he states that "Location is irrelevant to the development of significant relationships among Interact users, which relationships are supported by domains and hosts rather than state or provincial affinity. Sabu, however highlights the negativities that come with these results by explaining that they can cause complications to the enactment of laws based on territorial jurisdictions on certain illegal actions because it is hard to classify the area in which these actions were made in cyberspace. The author states that "Cyberspace infractions that are disconnected from particularized physical space nonetheless entail injuries to people in real space. Opportunities for conflict, exploitation, fraud, theft, and other forms of socially unacceptable behavior abound". Sabu does recommends that federal organizations need to take the responsibility of monitoring and classifying the different regions of the cyberspace based on physical standards in order to avoid