International Journal on Criminology Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2019/2020 | Page 57

International Journal on Criminology
structures that could stem the far-reaching tide of recent change
and bring back a degree of stability that the public now regard with
a kind of nostalgia.(Communication et Influence, April 2018)
In the information society, the regulation of cyberspace must therefore
be prioritized. But how can this be done? I propose the following diagnosis and
treatment:
DIAGNOSIS: Cybercrime will not be reduced by the use of ever more high-tech
solutions, but rather through political will. In matters relating to cyberspace, blindly
rushing in wearing body armor, all guns blazing, would be even more disastrous
than the inept high-tech war conducted in Iraq.
TREATMENT: Just as society responded to the age of the automobile by producing
the rules of the road, so new rules for the information age must be created and
imposed by a powerful global coalition—the countries of the G20, for example.
Sooner or later, just such a normative digital superstructure will be put in place
right around the globe. Just as the rules of the road apply to all vehicles, luxury and
more modest models alike, so this digital rulebook will take aim at the internet
titans, the crooked financiers, and the rest, who are currently plundering cyberspace
and exploiting users with impunity.
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