Summary
"Drawing upon risk and governance literatures and the social construction of technology approach (SCOT), this work explores the processes by which cyberspace was transformed in the name of securing children. Much research on the Internet's early development has focused on questions of criminal liability, leaving the impression that states were plenipotentiary steering agents. This analysis provides a corrective, de-centering the state and focusing instead on social responses to perceived threats to children and their impact."--Page ii.