I won't hold my breath, though; this could all end in tears, with a mess of ill-informed and poorly-implemented measures that cause all kinds of additional dangers to innocent people without actually fixing the real problem.
If I were a betting man, I'd say we'll see many years of ill-informed and badly implemented draconian policy. I'd go further to say that it won't improve significantly until at least a couple more generations have walked the halls of power and true digital natives finally cast their votes in parliament.
There's an inherent assumption in this though that 'digital natives' will survive the process for long enough to get themselves elected though. We all routinely filter out all sorts of little oddities about life because they're 'just the way it's always been', 'it has to be this way for safety' or whatever.
If that generation has enough of these views hard-wired into their understanding, _now_ could be the high-water mark for understanding of the dangers and appropriate reactions.
... and true digital natives finally cast their votes for parliament too.
A lot of issues are caused because the young don't get out and vote. They* are already under-represented because the old simply outnumber them. The fact that they don't vote as well makes it especially hard.
Rich.
* = not counting myself amongst the "young" any more ...
If I were a betting man, I'd say we'll see many years of ill-informed and badly implemented draconian policy. I'd go further to say that it won't improve significantly until at least a couple more generations have walked the halls of power and true digital natives finally cast their votes in parliament.