1. A system for managing in real-time a communication device used by a user on a communication network, comprising: a policy decider for storing a list of policies that control one or more features or functions associated with the communication device and for automatically deciding to accept or deny a request sent to or from the communication device to perform the features or functions based on the list of policies, the list of policies including a policy for managing content that can be sent, received, or used by the communication device; and a policy enforcer for communicating the request to the policy decider and enforcing a decision by the policy decider as to whether the request has been accepted or denied by either notifying the user of the denied request and taking one or more actions consistent with the denied request or taking one or more actions consistent with the accepted request.