Cairncross The Trendspotter s GuideTrend 17 The Decline of National Authority
In her Trendspotter’s Guide to New Communication, Cairncross mentions the decline of national authority as one of the issues. She states that governments will find national legislation and censorship inadequate for regulating the global flow of information. She also says that as content sweeps across national borders, it will be harder to enforce laws banning child pornography, libel, and other criminal or subversive material, and those protecting copyright and other intellectual property. (Cairncross, 89) This statement that Cairncross makes is real to a certain extent. ... [Each of] the government’s jurisdictions are geographic, but the internet transcends geography (Cairncross, 158). ... S to abide by. ... S. ... These laws depend directly on that country’s cultural values. ... Many problems arise where countries apply different standards (Cairncross, 215). If the government wants the authority to decide what people may and may not send across the internet, then it will have to collaborate with governments in other areas outside of the United States to develop some type of standard to follow in formulating the rules and regulations. This particular process will be difficult because of the fact that there may be certain laws that are suitable for certain people, but may violate other people’s rights.