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3 commentsMonday, June 23, 2008

Close To Half Of Americans Favor Internet Regulation

Favor online harassment laws

Close to half (49%) of all Americans think the federal government should regulate the Internet the same way it does radio and television according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.

Thirty-five percent are opposed to having the Internet regulated by the federal government and 16 percent are undecided.

The majority (73%) of Americans believe that it should be a crime to harass someone on the Internet and 13 percent disagree.

The findings come as a Missouri woman faces federal prosecution for creating a phony MySpace profile and pretending to be a 16-year-old boy to flirt with and later reject 13-year-old Megan Meier. Meier later committed suicide.

The woman, Lori Drew, pleaded not guilty last week to charges of conspiracy and accessing a protected computer to obtain information

Most Americans (71%) have some awareness of the Drew case, with only 25 percent saying they know nothing about it.  Women (79%) more than men (67%) think online harassment should be a crime.

Women support federal regulation of the Internet, with 55 percent in favor, 25 percent opposed and 20 percent undecided. Forty-six percent of men were against federal regulation, while 42 percent support it and 12 percent were unsure.

One out of four Americans (26%) says they have a social networking account with sites such as MySpace and Facebook, but 69 percent say they do not. Sixty-five percent of men and 45 percent of women under 40 say they are members of a social network. Only 24 percent of men and 15 percent of women over 40 said they were members of a social network.

Close to one out of two adults (48%) say they use the Internet every day or almost every day, but 25 percent say they rarely, if ever use it. Income is a factor, with Internet usage increasing with the level of the participant's annual earnings.
 

About the author:
Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews.

Americans Favor Internet Regulation

 

This Old Ga. Dawg is all for it! I personally think that "what ever one says or types here or on any community social web site... Would they want there parents or child to view or read if they knew it was something to which they've said or typed"?

People or all sexes and age groups need to learn to be responsible in there actions and especially while on such web-sites.

Stats

So where did these stats come from?  Out of a hat or thin air?

 

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