[proud American in Canada]

"But these arguments appear to be losing force against the emergence of new challenges such as unwanted advertising ("spam"), privacy and security worries, hate speech and child pornography, which have convinced many governments of the need for international regulation and enforcement."

Sure, they've convinced governments. But have they convinced the people? Not really. I'll be happy to click the old "delete" button on spam a few times a day in exchange for freedom.

[concerned about politics]

Sure, they've convinced governments. But have they convinced the people? Not really. I'll be happy to click the old "delete" button on spam a few times a day in exchange for freedom.

We just set up a junk folder. The mail is sorted for us. Poof! No junk makes it into our good mail. Problem solved.