As I read the article on JenniCAM, I was amazed that someone would actually be doing stuff like what she did. At the same time, I was also impressed!! I agree with what Anna has posted that this is similar to Big Brother...hahaha! As I started to read the article, I asked myself this question...why would someone do this...I would not want to reveal my personal life to the public...then again, she had a purpose...I suppose.
Now, to specifically answer the question posted:
Does the internet need regulation?
Yup, I think it is necessary for the internet to have some form of regulations. This is to prevent the “newcomers” from being preyed upon. Also it gives parents a form of satisfaction and security that their children are safe. Being an international student, my husband is in Singapore while I am here with my daughter and yeah, our relationship has survived despite the ‘separation’, thanks to the internet, MSN messenger and Google talk...so yup, I am comfortable with this online business but, still am careful not to mess too much with it and talking to strangers...Like in the good old days where our parents discouraged us from talking to strangers, now I am careful not to talk to strangers online.
I was recently introduces to Face book, much to the pleasure of my best friend in uni. I am amazed how many people I actually knew are on Face book and I was able to contact people I have hardly contacted in years...amazing how the world has become so small since the coming of the internet. As such, I am now able to contact my friends...and ignore my 'not-so' friends..so yeah, in a way it's an invasion of privacy...yet I have the choice to select my friends or ignore those I don't want to have contact with...so I still have my privacy intact...to a certain exent!!hooray for that...
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I'm not sure I agree with this idea of regulating the internet?
1) Who would police/enforce any regulations? Some sort of international body? National governments? ISP's?
2) The internet doesn't reach into your house and slap you around - you go to it. If someone isn't confident about using the internet safely, there are classes out there. I think most children are getting taught this kind of stuff at school anyway. At least in some schools - I know of at least one private school where every child has to have a laptop.
3)If a parent is worried about their child being safe on the internet, they should probably supervise their children. This extends to everything else in life.
4)I'm not sure I'd call Facebook an invasion of privacy.. as you point out, you can put up as much or as little information as you want, and you can dictate who can/can't see it.
I think the biggest problem would be the enforcing part - using the example of China, we can see any attempt to regulate internet usage is a pretty mammoth task, if not nigh impossible.
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