For those of you who are technology-savvy, I am sure this will seem like an dumb question. But I am wondering... who (what government agency) runs/regulates the internet?
I ask because I read a really disturbing story on Yahoo the other day about a girl who was adopted from Russia (by Americans) and used for a porn website. My question... why can't such websites just be shut down by whoever provides the means to connect to the net? I realize that some of these websites are based in other countries, but if some hacker can shut down myspace, why can't illegal sites be killed off (or somehow corrupted) with all the resources the government has? I'm not talking about legal adult-oriented websites. I'm talking about the ones with illegal content. If nothing else, it would seem like search engines could block such websites.
2006-08-01 16:03:19 · 2 answers · asked by apothegm1066 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
As far an regulating domain names, webname.com, that would be http://icann.org/
But for issues such as crimes, when people find out they should probably just contact their local police, FBI, and or CIA to try and get immediate action.
2006-08-01 16:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by mal 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
for good-or- bad the internet is 'self regulated' there isn't any real governing body, or any real police that can enter a country and arrest someone. who would you put in charge? who want to do that when they can't even do half a million other things through the useless u.n.?
no, it's kinda self regulated, at not likely to change soon.
2006-08-01 17:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋