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captnjak Internet Congress 0 Dec 2 2008, 4:09 AM EST by captnjak
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1. The downloading of movies/music ought to be decriminalized.
2. The Government should only be allowed to protect the identity of a person online.
3. Government and private organizations ought to facilitate world wide wireless internet access.
4. Censorship ought to be eliminated from all aspects of the internet.
5. Search engines, like Google, ought to allow the full spectrum of the web to be searched, not just sites that may 'interest' the user.
6. Internet privacy should be regulated by individuals.
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leingles Internet Congress 0 Nov 29 2008, 10:07 PM EST by leingles
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1. All websites ought to be available in multiple languages (or website-translating software ought to be readily available)
2. Password-protected sites ought to automatically log user off after navigating away from the page
3. Advertisements ought to be appropriate for website users (e.g. 14-year-old Facebook users do not need to see ads for condoms and dating sites)
4. Users of social networking sites should not be able to alter the site / add applications (if so, users should have the choice between the original and the constantly altered site)
5. Privacy settings, company regulations and other information regarding email ought to be simple and easily accessible for users
6. Users of Internet media (newspapers, magazines, music, etc) ought to pay one (small) flat fee to compensate writers and artists
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ptburton Internet Congress 0 Nov 18 2008, 9:18 AM EST by ptburton
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1. Wikipedia and other similar information websites should be regulated and must have a specific standard for who is allowed to contribute to the site.
2. Hate speech sites should be monitored/regulated by the government.
3. The Internet should have privacy settings for children, or parents should be able to set limitations on the kinds of sites their children could have access to.
4. Facebook should be open only to college students.
5. Companies ought to let their employees know if they monitor their employees usage of the Internet.
6. Businesses/companies should not be allowed access to a potential employees' blogs and or social networking page.
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