Telecoms Commissioner Martin Bangemann this week called for an international industry charter

Date: 11/09/1997

to regulate the Internet and other online networks. Bangemann said the charter should deal with questions such as technical standards, illegal content, licences, encryption and data privacy. “The current situation may lead to the adoption of isolated global rules with different countries signing up to different rules agreed under the auspices of different organisations. An international charter would provide and answer,” he said.