Should the government regulate the internet?

Terrorist yes. But do more on security it was never intended for e commerce and I keep getting porn viruses.

Again get out of our homes and our private business, unless the government is going to allow monitoring of all phone calls and emails to be fed via a public site for the australian public to read.

Yes, maintain a publicly available blacklist of websites, and require ISPs to offload a copy of all data to the government

Yes but only to prevent people committing severe crimes like child pornography-related offences

There should be regulations of internet use, however it should not interfere with basic rights involving freedom of expression. There should be a level censorship to prevent child pornography and copyright offences. In my view, censorship is out of control especially with 'fact-checking' it is very overused and an abusive measure of power. The government needs to be more fair to allow fair criticism and open discussions in the political landscape. You cannot prevent people to express their opinions just because you think they're wrong as an example. Everything needs to be fair, but monitored and controlled in other serious circumstances that actually merit censorship and regulation.

There's a difference between censorship and moderation. Child abusers, sex traffickers and organised crime may need some internet interventions. Day to day censorship and monitoring should not be in the government's purview.

Maintain a blacklist of censored websites and ISP’s but do not allow the goverment to block news agency's and legitimate foreign media

Yes, but only to prevent child pornography, illegal searches, harmful misinformation (such as anti-vaxx) and AI

Yes, only to take down what is bad and what affects the government severely. They shouldn't regulate other people's business through the interent.

Yes, but only to regulate use of computers or artificial intelligence creating images, voices, videos, or other media.

General citizen media should not be regulated but government and military sites should obviously be regulated. Certain dangerous sites which explain how to make certain weapons or viruses, particularly WMD should mostly be restricted to military regulated sites though can be opened to an extent for educational purposes. Overall, the government should at least guarantee safety and privacy on the internet through access to reliable security networks to keep people safe and to prevent the wrong information getting into the wrong hands, but other than that, the internet should be a free place of discussion and communication.

case by case regulation

Ban porn, porn bad, and other stuff

The government shouldn’t outright ban websites without reason, but they should be able to restrict access to certain websites to protect people. They should also have the power to tackle illegal activities. ISPs should only retain data about usage of restricted websites.

It's very suspicious that their isn't an answer that condemns child abuse without swallowing the copyright narrative.

People who download copywritten material aren't stealing. They wouldn't buy it in the first place. It's a bad faith argument from the start.

yes but only to take away all the bad things and the black market and do not require ips to retain data

No i wanna play my roblox bloxburge

Only child pornography and traficking

Yes, but only to censor child pornography, not to monitor anyone. There are people who will track them down independently

Only to stop illegal activities and false information

Yes, regulate social media networks, and prevent illegal activities as a last resort.

Yes, but not through blunt instruments like censorship.

Do not censor, only monitor

Yes, monitor but don't censor

Yes, but only in terms of regulating child pornography, copy write, hate speech, and miss information on life threatening topics such as COVID.

Yes, but this must not encroach on our rights to online privacy

The government should regulate net neutrality to ensure internet traffic is treated equally and provide a level playing field. The government should not regulate the content on the internet other than illegal materials such as child abuse material

Never, & Never censor or monitor data. the Government should have no rights and power over it at anywhere anytime and Must be Eradicated ASAP!.

Yes, but only for child pornography, drug trafficking, and violent illegal activity (not copyright infringement)

Yes only to prevent CP

Yes, to ban all pornography, and predatory websites such as TikTok

Block American social media. And child porn obviously

Yes, and all pornography should be banned.

Yes, to prevent child pornography, sex trafficking but also to track down and hold people accountable for spreading hate speech on platforms such as Reddit, 4chan and 8chan

Yes, preventing child pornography and radicalisation

Only for child pornography or terrorism

Yes, but only to prevent crimes like child pornography, abuse of animals or people. It should be transparent and known, to deter criminal activity - hopefully.

Only for criminal activity such as child pornography

Only for misinformation and child pornography

Yes, but only in clear ways, current regulation and future potential regulation is too vague and heavy handed control under the guise of 'safety for children' or 'anti trolling'

Yes, to prevent cp

No, do not censor unless in the case of child porn.

Yes, but only websites intended for children

Yes but only to stop serious criminal behaviour

No, but keep a blacklist of censored websites

Require ISPs to retain data for two years for police investigations.

Yes, but to only prevent child pornography and radicalism

No, however there needs to be a better system for child pornography/trafficking/darkweb

Yes but only to prevent hate crime and all crimes against children

No, but nationalize ISPs. The internet should be a public utility and public utilities should not have further restrictions than those already placed on media. We wouldn't ban books, we shouldn't ban anything on the internet unless it is absolutely a danger to society.

Only in the case of child pornography and foreign scams.

Restrict websites like pornography for minors and restrict gore websites

Increase protection to social media by youth under age limit but don't regulate internet

Yes, only to prevent child pornography and sexual violence

No, but material that is harmful, illegal or could lead to radicalisation should be removed

Yes, but only in as far as removing access to criminal activities that are unable to be shut down locally e.g. international human trade, smuggling, child porn etc...

Yes, but only to prevent child pornography and other illicit/immoral content.

Yes but only for things Like Child pornography or other illegal things.

Yes, and outlaw pornography.

To protect, not to constrict

Yes, but block any child pornography and copyright infringement, but allow them the option to have the internet filtered or not besides the aforementioned child pornography.

Yes, but using transparent standards that can be appealed

No, but the government should only remove Child sonography.

Not generally - only, but not strictly limited too: the purpose of censoring child pornography, sexual violence and terrorist organisation recruiting attempts/propaganda.

Yes, but only to prevent child pornography and animal abuse

no point as virtually impossible to do so