It may be argued that there is no regulation on the internet, for example the pornography, although the internet is supposed to be regulated there tends to be little censorship on what is available for the people that use the internet. People of all ages can access pornography websites, even if there is a safety mode on the internet on a home computer. It is also possible on social networking sites for revealing images to be available for people to look at, however this may be down only to the website itself for example Facebook have blocked and banned any images of the body part that is remotely revealing such as breast feeding. However there has been arguments and oppositions to this because the Facebook users feel that banning images such as that and not violent pictures, for example ""deep flesh wounds" and "crushed heads, limbs" are OK" that "sex is banned but gore is acceptable"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/21/facebook-nudity-violence-censorship-guidelines
However, some will argue that the internet is regulated, perhaps not as much as it should be but it does what can be handled. With regulation increasing, many people revolt against it with outcries that our freedom is being taken away, but contradict themselves when they see something they think should be regulated. A recent story about Rio Ferdinand and Katie Price arised involving the ASA, as it appeared that they were indirectly advertising to the people of twitter. Unusual tweets about knitting by Ferdinand caused a stir amongst the users of twitter when it was revealed in the 5th text that he was advertising and promoting Snickers. With users saying that consumers were being misled because of the oddity of the tweets, and ASA who "has never investigated or ruled on advertising on Twitter, received two complaints that it was not obvious that the tweets were marketing communications by Mars"because of the complaint ASA had to begin to regulate what was being advertised on Twitter where before it wasnt. Also a similar story arise from Katie Price
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/07/snickers-twitter-campaign-watchdog
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