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Submitted by dereq on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 8:33pm
>Can we have a consistent approach to classification and >censorship across all media?
There is a fundamental difference between classification of traditional media and classification of the internet:
* Internet content is dynamic. A URL that identifies a resource may have different content for you as compared with me. A URL may have different content tomorrow as compared with today.
Add to that two substantial differences of scale:
* The number of publishers is about a million times larger (or pick some other number) - and the vast majority are non-commercial. A rigid, structured approach just doesn't make sense for the internet.
* The volume of content is X000...000 times larger.
The question you should be asking is: Can we justify having classification of the internet? Do we need it at all?
