International Laws and Regulations addressing Internet Addiction / Problematic Use of the Internet

What is it about?

This paper is focusing on laws and regulations from 50 countries addressing Internet addiction or problematic uses of the Internet (PUI). Each law/regulation is described in template form. The identified laws and regulations are analysed with respect to specific consequences of the Internet addictions, as well as by categories of stakeholders addressed in these measures.

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Why is it important?

Problematic Usage of the Internet (PUI), or “Internet addiction disorder”, encompasses addictive, or problematic, compulsive use of the Internet, that results in significant impairment of an individual's function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. We have decided to survey and analyse broad based top-down measures like laws and regulations (public or private) (and their eventual implementations in legal codes) as they offer the public frameworks for analysis, treatment and jurisprudence across governmental, health, social, NGO and business structures.