To be uncharacteristically charitable to the US government, Im not sure any government has credible computer/internet policies. Certainly not here in the UK at

To be uncharacteristically charitable to the US government, Im not sure any government has credible computer/internet policies. Certainly not here in the UK at least. Partly, I think this is because of the general ignorance of the population. And that is because the mass media see the internet as a threat to it's businesses and demonize the internet at every opportunity. So the general population see shed loads of scare stories which they believe because the have (or had) more trust in the mass media than the internet. How often have we heard the sarcastic phrase: "It must be true, its on the internet"? (Of course my reply is always an equally sarcastic: "It must be true, I read it in a newspaper".)