From the article: "A White House official on Tuesday called for a broad and flexible regulatory
framework for Internet use, leaving the specifics of implementation to
individual industries. Daniel Weitzner, deputy chief technology officer in the
White House’s Office of Science and Technology, spoke at the conservative
Hudson Institute, where he pointed to President Obama’s Consumer Privacy Bill
of Rights -- which the administration released in February --
as an example of policy Congress should pass into law to set parameters for use
of the Web…. Weitzner emphasized the need for international cooperation in
regulating the Web, comparing any company that does business on the Internet to
a multinational corporation. He called for global standards to fill the void
left by a lack of treaties." Read more
