1. Internet Media Regulation
Andreea Jonsson
Erika Holm
Wensheng Zhang
Yuze Tang
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2. How are Internet contents regulated in USA and Europe?

3. Factors Legal Power – (child pornography – jail)
Market - economic, financial interests
Advocacy – non profit

4. US initiatives
Federal Laws
State Laws
Censorship by institutions

5. US Regulations Communications Decency Act Pennsylvania censorship
The Internet Safety Technical Task Force

6. EU initiatives EU - the European Commission
UK - the Department of Trade and Industry
Germany – the Multimedia law
France - The Council of Superior Telematics (le Conseil Supérieur de la Télématique)

7. Are the political and the branch initiatives working in the same direction?

8. Political initiatives' goals:
Political goals
Freedom of speech
Clean media environment
National security
etc

9. Branch initiatives goals:
More profits
Less regulation
Interests of consumer
-guarantee a more
sustainable development
etc

10. Not in the same direction!

11. Is self-regulation working?

12. Self-regulation is critical to the entire media regulation
Increasing society complexity--State lack detailed knowledge to implement informed and effective regulation--Compensated through the involvement of a variety of stakeholders in the process of policy-making-- Media governance entails both co-and self-regulation

13. Self-regulation is not so strong:
Conflicts between interests and regulating itself
Contradiction between self-regulation and mandatory policies
Governmental power in non-governmental modes

14. Self-regulation with co-regulation will take effect

15. Discussion
1. Should the state be the determinant actor in regulating internet content?
2. Is Internet regulation an intrusion on freedom of speech?
3. What is the best way to regulate the Internet content?

16. Thanks for your attention!