If the regulation of computer networks is to be modeled on past legislation, then its model must be either legislation regulating a telephone system or else legislation regulating a public broadcasting service  If the telephone model is used, computer networks will be held responsible only for ensuring that messages get transmitted  If the public broadcast model is used, computer networks will additionally be responsible for the content of those messages  Yet a computer network serves both these sorts of functions: it can serve as a private message service or as a publicly accessible information service
Thus neither of these models can be appropriate for computer networks
Regulation of computer networks is required in order to ensure the privacy of the messages transmitted through such networks.