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A Magna Carta for the Internet
Now this is a great idea. The British library has asked children aged 11-18 to suggest ideas that should be included in a Magna Carta for the Internet era.
Based on the responses, safety and privacy are the main thrusts of what was submitted. That’s interesting, because it shows that kids have the same concerns as adults when it comes to life in the digital frontier. Once all the submissions were collected, voting was opened to the general public to see which ones resonated most with the public.
Voting on the Internet Magna Carta
The idea of the Magna Carta is especially poignant since it was the document that held the King of England beholden to the same laws as the people. On top of that, and somewhat ironically, England is one of only a very few countries that has no written constitution.
Who knows? Perhaps this can serve as a beginning to creating an actual Magna Carta of some sort for the Internet and Online, to which people online would be expected to adhere and for which violations could result in actual consequences.
