The Talk
The cyber – libertarian ethos protests any encroachment on its assumed freedom from fetters. The world born free strives hard to retain its freedom from Governments, described as the weary giants of flesh and steel . Forcing its way past this resistance is the contra-view, that “Liberty or Freedom” do not mean “an exemption from all restraints, but rather the most effectual applications of every just restraint to all members of a free society whether they be magistrates or subjects” .
The talk would focus on the philosophies driving the online domain and how they shape online behaviour, including the dissociation theory leading to online crimes and the changing demographics of the cybercriminal. It explores existing trends in balancing “net neutrality” with limited regulation.
Finally, the talk throws open the dialogue on efficacy of enforcement, when Nation-States, bound by territoriality face a borderless domain, which leaves the rule of law hanging limp and ineffectual causing a situation of “broken windows in cyberspace” .