ICT-induced legal and regulatory challenges, including security and privacy risks, are on the rise. Despite that, there is a dearth of research emphasizing the role of ICT laws and understanding its effect on the level of ICT diffusion and the well-being of a country. Drawing on Dror’s law and social change framework, and grounding the discussion on the literature on ICT diffusion, the perspective of perceived risk, Hofstede’s typology of national culture, and the technological determinism theory, this study (1) explores the effect of maturity of ICT laws in a country on ICT diffusion among its citizens and businesses; (2) understands how this relationship is contingent on the national cultural dimensions; and (3) explicates the role of ICT diffusion in promoting the well-being. The research model is examined using publicly available data from 83 countries, and the findings suggest that sound ICT laws are necessary for achieving a greater diffusion of ICTs and improving well-being.

ICT引发的法律和法规挑战，包括安全和隐私风险，正在上升。尽管如此，缺乏研究强调信息通信技术法律的作用，并了解其对信息通信技术传播水平和国家福祉的影响。这项研究（1）借鉴了Dror的法律和社会变革框架，并围绕有关ICT传播的文献，感知风险的观点，霍夫斯泰德的民族文化类型学以及技术决定论的讨论进行了探讨（1），探讨了ICT成熟的影响一个国家有关公民和企业之间ICT传播的法律；（2）了解这种关系如何取决于国家文化层面；（3）阐述了ICT传播在促进福祉中的作用。