the issue with that is the internet is not owned by one individual, company or government, it is owned by every individual that uses it and there for its up to the individual to be resposible for their own use, you are in control and resposible for what you do and to protect yourself.
Companies like Google, microsoft and Governments want to take control but its not their to control, they can and do monitor what goes on but they are realy wasting their time because a simple VPN will get around any system.

Hi Hawk xxx

What you post is absolutely true and what I believe as well, so we're not at cross purposes there.

Google, Microsoft etc can be made to take down certain sites that are used for criminal and terrorist purposes (usually via Governments), not often, but it does happen, but then, they appear via a different site or country.

I'd like to believe that the internet is 'owned' by people as individuals, but I suspect the truth is far from that, however, it's a long and winding road where the philosophies and realities are poles apart so the discussion, perceived and/or real, won't be agreed upon in a lifetime and the same old habits will prevail, that is the human condition.

The best anyone can hope for, in my opinion, is for humanity itself to change, not so that it is all the same, but so that all cultures can agree to disagree agreeably, but there again, not likely to happen any time soon while destructive power is held through technology and used against, rather than for, humanity as a whole.