Situational Analysis on Content-Based Regulation in Internet

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380025
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Otaru University of Commerce
• Principal Investigator: OGURA KAZUSHI 小樽商科大学, 商学部, 教授 (20360886)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 公法学 / 憲法 / 表現の自由 / サイバースペース / インターネット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research considers the media called the cyberspace (or the Internet) from a viewpoint of freedom of speech. Especially for the past three years, in addition to other researches that have been studied, it examined (1) election campaigns and electronic voting on the Internet, (2) disclosure of personally identifiable information, (3) hate speech on the Internet, (4) the various issues raised by the Google Street View.
Also, during the research process, it compared the system of the United States as well as the systems of the European Union (EU), Germany, France, Finland, South Korea, Australia as much as possible in order to expand the depth of the research.

Free Research Field

社会科学