Some people believe we are made safer by being treated as children told what to do when to do it how to do it, nothing could be further from the truth. The internet is no more dangerous than real life, you can mitigate risk with knowledge but you can not eliminate it. Most people believe there will be someone there in their greatest time of need yet sadly they often find out when it's too late that this is not the case. Things happen fast and no government regulation can stop that but they will make us weaker and less able to react when the time arises. Some people believe the Earth is flat or they are trying to get other's to believe. So what, should that be removed from the internet because it flies in the face of everything we have been taught to believe? You don't give up your right to freedom of speech just because you have nothing to say. In life people walk in to the street believing my 3 tonne truck will magically stop just shy of running them over. Government regulation has given them a false sense of security in that regard. In reality all it takes is a slight lapse of attention on my part and they will learn very quickly how mistaken they were. Instead of relying on paper regulation to stop my truck they should rely on common sense that states 3 tonnes wins over 150/lbs every time and pay attention to their surrounding's. On the internet where there is largely no regulations average people take much more precaution and protect them selves from the metaphorical 3 tonne truck. I don't agree with all of Jeff's talking point's his view's are extremely anarchistic, but I do agree that a bloated unsustainable government coupled with a debt based ponzi scheme of an economic system are in large part to blame for the woes we face as a species not lack of regulation. There are crimes we can all agree are crimes and should be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice, then there is this whole other set of regulation's pertaining to modifying people's behavior and government can't possible say with a straight face that they have any kind of moral authority or even suggest that it is their responsibility to impose their sense of morality on the people. It was never intended for government to be the arbiters of morality, their sole function is to safe guard our inalienable human right's and they are failing miserably at the one job we the people have tasked them with. Not to mention they are failing miserably at everything they take upon their selves to "improve" Be sure regulating the internet will not have the effect of eliminating scam's, porn, or ransomware, the regulations imposed will just give you a false sense that it won't happen to you. Then you will let your guard down believing that regulations on a piece of paper will protect you, and you will be wrong. But you will give up a lot of freedom and security for those paper regulation's. Are you prepared to deal with the consequences of a crime against you after the fact or would it be preferable to be ready and able to deal with or prevent said crime in the first place. If you leave your safety and security in the hand's of other's you are surely to be disappointed with the result.