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Book Chapter

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Information science (social aspects)

Publication Details

In S. van der Hof, B. van den Berg, & B. Schermer (Eds.), Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety (Vol. 24, pp. 20–38). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-6265-005-3

Abstract

Although it is widely held that a more inclusive and trusted internet can support a competitive knowledge economy, a digitally skilled labour force, civic participation and a pluralistic media sector, governments and regulators have tended to avoid intervening directly to achieve these aims, believing that industry is best positioned to respond to the fast pace of change in information and communication technologies (ICT).This reflects a wider policy shift away from top-down government measures towards flexible, dispersed and indirect forms of governance, encompassing industry self-regulation as well as elements of cooperation or co-regulation with relevant state agencies.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-005-3

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