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A common international information space has been created through new technology processes, especially the Internet, impacting the politics, economics, and cultures of States. The global information sphere offers many opportunities, but also contains threats like the digital divide, privacy violations, and pornography. In the face of these threats, the US has chosen to keep legal regulation of the Internet to a minimum, while Western European countries favor a combination of legal and self-regulation. Global standards for e-commerce and information security do not exist, but need to be addressed through international relations.