• Simon Longstaff
• ABC Fora TV

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31 May 2010The world wide web has evolved into a sprawling, massive and untamed collection of billions of ideas, images, opinions and videos. Many people regard the fact it's largely anarchic and without state boundaries as one of the internet's great strengths. But many see this lack of regulation as a dangerous flaw, leaving our children exposed to pornography and our society to violence.

Debaters at IQ2 last week took the topic "Governments Should Not Censor the Internet". For the affirmative, Head of Public Policy for Google Asia, Ross La Jeunesse, and journalists David Marr and Antony Loewenstein. Arguing against the proposition were Beijing-based columnist Kaiser Kuo, Internet Safety Institute founder Alatair MacGibbon and media law professor Elizabeth Handsley.

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