Why do governments always get internet regulation wrong?

NINSO, The Northumbria Internet & Society RIG

Dr Paul Bernal on the government's approach to issues such as free speech, privacy and copyright enforcement  in the age of the internet.

Northumbria University

<p>The regulation of the internet is becoming a bigger deal by the day. Fake news, trolling, copyright, extremist content, hate speech and more are all coming increasingly under the focus of governments. How do we get to grips with Facebook and Google? What about piracy? And yet with almost every move our governments seem to get it wrong - from excessive and ineffective surveillance to counterproductive ‘anti-trolling’ laws and copyright enforcement that threatens to stifle free speech and alienate generations. Why do we seem to always get it wrong? Using his new book, The Internet, Warts and All: Free Speech, Privacy and Truth, Paul Bernal will show how these issues are all interlinked and suggest at least some ways forward that might have a chance of some kind of success - by looking at the internet more honestly: examining it ‘warts and all’.</p><p>Free lunch will be served before this talk at 12.30pm. We hope to see you there! </p>

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