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-===== Political Challenges =====+===== Political ​and Legal Challenges =====
 Since Internet provides a convenient, cheap and fast way to share the data and ideas around world; the differences between cultures and laws in different country may challenge each other. Since Internet provides a convenient, cheap and fast way to share the data and ideas around world; the differences between cultures and laws in different country may challenge each other.
   * US legal system is based on case law and hasn’t caught up with the Internet   * US legal system is based on case law and hasn’t caught up with the Internet
   * The Internet allows a computer in country X to communicate with a computer in country Y, but laws differ   * The Internet allows a computer in country X to communicate with a computer in country Y, but laws differ
-    * so this enables people commit online crimes, and not being caught, by using a computer in a different country.+    * This enables people commit online crimes, and not being caught, by using a computer in a different country.
   * Consequence:​ there is no easy way to stop problems like spam, false advertising,​ and online scams   * Consequence:​ there is no easy way to stop problems like spam, false advertising,​ and online scams
     * Phishing mails or websites may risk your properties.     * Phishing mails or websites may risk your properties.
 +  * Some country may use network censorship to monitor their residents'​ behavior. 
 +  * Unbalanced network usage 
 +    * Large network services providers like Google may use more network resources than other users. 
 +  * US-centric
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