The Internet Intermediaries as Legal Agents

Abstract

Internet intermediaries, broadly understood, participate in various activities that expand their ability to use coding or designing, which transcend their classic role of neutrality regarding the online content. This change has enabled governments globally to solve the problem of the lack of control of the network by using the normative capabilities of intermediaries. The increase of normative power in recent times has leaded to an expansion of criminal liability of intermediaries. These criminal policies have strengthened public control of network users in situations considered as social danger, for example, on violations of privacy, child pornography and offences to honour.