A Study of Self-Regulation on Tracing and Using the Internet Information Sources

網路資訊來源追查與使用控制自律方式之研究

本研究之主要目的，是針對台灣於2004年4月公布、2012年5月廢止之「電腦網路內容分級處理辦法」，探討為期僅8年之電腦分級制度，其執行過程中窒礙難行之處，以及地方政府追查網路資訊來源時所遭遇之問題，並以此借鏡，檢視廢止電腦網路分級處理辦法之後，如何落實上網安全防護機制，近而期許政府機關著眼於未來「多媒體」、「多平台」之數位匯流趨勢，提出數位媒體內容防護規範，讓民眾在數位時代享有「多元而理性的言論自由」。而前述執行過程中窒礙難行之處，是以臺北市政府過去之執行經驗為例，進一步從網路domain name與IP位址之查察，以及過濾軟體之使用控制等二層面逐一探討。值得注意的是，在數位匯流時代之際，網際網路的規管問題顯得特別重要，因此進一步訂定一個整合「多媒體」、「多平台」的內容防護規範，確實有待政府機關著眼於未來，積極重視及提出有效之數位內容防護政策。

This study aims to review Taiwan’s “Internet content rating measures” incepted in April 2004 and abolished in May 2012. During the 8 years when implementing the measures, the local governments met a lot of difficulties and faced a lot of problems in tracing network information sources. Throughout the discussions, we’ll examine the feasible way to enact network security protection after the internet content rating measures are abolished. Hopefully, the results from the study can be referenced by the competent authorities when they make digital media content protection norms in view of the future trend of multimedia and multi-platform digital convergence, so that the public in the digital era can enjoy diversified and rational freedom of speech. The aforementioned difficulties of implementing the rating measures will be illustrated through the actual practices by the Taipei City Government, followed by the discussions of two related issues: the tracing of network domain names and IP addresses, and the controlled use of filter software. It is worth noting that in the digital convergence era, the regulation on and the management of internet accesses become more and more significant. Setting forth integrated content protection norms covering the multimedia and multi-platform arena is an urgent task that requires the government to take a futuristic perspective to plan ahead and enact effectively.