The document provides a brief history of the internet from its creation in 1975 to key developments like the World Wide Web and social media platforms. It discusses current international and domestic frameworks for regulating the internet as well as stakeholders that influence legal regulation. It also questions whether the current frameworks are adequate given that the internet is often referred to metaphorically as the "Wild West" and if regulations are difficult to enforce across jurisdictions like in the early American west.

1. Regulating The
Internet
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2. What Is The Internet?

3. “A global computer network
providing a variety of information
and communication facilities, using
standardized communication
protocols.”

4. What Is The History Of The
Internet?

5. Brief History Of The
Internet…
• 1975 the internet is created.
• 1991 US Government opened up the
internet for public and commercial use
(WWW).
• 1992 First photo posted to the internet.
• 1993 first internet browser.
• 1994 first purchase made.
• 1995 Dot-com boom begins.
• 1996 email overtake volume of snail mail.
• 2000 Dot-com crash and ½ of US
households have internet.
• 2004 Gmail and Facebook launch.
• 2005 First video uploaded to YouTube.

6. What Are The Current International
And Domestic Frameworks That
Regulate The Internet?

7. Who Are The Various Stakeholders
That Influence The Development Of
Legal Regulation Of The Internet?

8. Are The Current International And
Domestic Frameworks That
Regulate The Internet Adequate?

9. The Wild West?
• The internet is commonly referred to as the
“Wild West.”
• By Analogy the “Wild West” had regulations,
but was difficult to enforce by the State
Sheriffs and Federal Marshals.
• Is this true of the Internet? Why/why not?

10. Adequacy?
• Adequate in terms of regulations?
• Adequate in terms of Enforcement?
• Adequate in terms of Jurisdiction?
• Argue your point.

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