The national and international markets haven’t only enlarged, but have enhanced the quality of life for billions of individuals. At the touch of a finger, advice is accessible to people for the very first time in world history, letting them keep connected with family and friends, giving them access to goods and services from across the planet, and empowering them to take part in civil matters. Even though a number of the first Internet technologies were created as a member of a Defense Department research project, the Internet has flourished as a mostly unregulated network, using the energy and imagination of innumerable private people and businesses and shed its authorities links. No principal authority orders what type of content will soon be accessible, or which services are given on the Web, which technologies are used. But calls for regulation are improving and growing. This Heritage Foundation Special Report details the best way to shield national interests, consumers, and people, while saving the Net from falling victim to regimes and groups or overzealous regulators decided to restrict free speech.