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Ruling The Net
Steve Gibson
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Considering nothing hugely exciting going on this morning how about we consider one of those hypothetical questions. Who should oversee the internet? A recent poll of internet users had some wacky responses to all kinds of questions about the net. If we were stuck having some kind of board of commissioners to make decisions about laws and the internet who would you want on that board? Oh here's some other stats

- 79 percent think the Internet makes their lives easier
- 70 percent said they should question most of what they read online
- 64 percent said the government should make laws to protect Web users
- 59 percent don't know whom to contact with Internet problems
- 53 percent of GOP Internet users favor taxation for online commerce
- 49 percent see the Internet as 'impossible to govern'
- 48 percent agree that the Internet 'will always be a risky place'

What do you think? Does this bother you?

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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