The government has implemented laws to sink your Internet Service Provider if you get pornographic junkmail.

You don't believe it? The internet poses serious problems for the government. Nothing is said about this. It doesn't really matter why. Its the goverments reaction that matters.

What is this problem? Think about a scenario from medieval society: one of the powerful elite saying to his right hand man "Hmmm... The peasants talking is making it difficult to control the situation"

This attitude inspires the government into not wanting to properly handle the internet. And now the scene is set for their authorities to be seen to be doing the right thing for the public by pushing for regulations which, on the surface appear reasonable and warranted. But you know what government authorities do. (Don't you?)

Stories relating to child protection get the public and politicians on-side. Now we have such kludged laws applying to such vague areas that anyone can be dealt with for anything.

My credibility:
The worldwide publication New Scientist said something like - The internet is an unprecedented medium for communication of the masses ... and governments all over the world "are falling all over themselves to reign it in"

See the EFA's web site at http://www.efa.org.au/