These are all internet problems and [internet users] think someone should do something about it. Although many internet users think the government should keep out of the internet, I suggest to you that most ordinary people who just use the internet like they use the banking system or the trains think that the government should make sure it all works properly for them and that bad things get stoppe...

AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.

At US website Politics Online, Anthony Man writes on how the internet has changed the way local and national campaigns are run: “As more and more people spend more and more time online, the Internet is reshaping political campaigns in ways large and small. From the presidency to the lowest-profile local office, the Internet is permeating

In Australia, the government has launched an e-democracy website: Predictably, hundreds of the comments published so far have criticised Senator Conroy's plans to introduce a mandatory clean feed for all Australian internet users, which would introduce a level of web censorship that's far beyond that of any other Western democracy. "I am offended that Senator Conroy has likened censorshi...

This site provides free access to a report by the Pew Internet and American Life project which was published in April 2009. The 92 page report presents the results of a survey of the American electorate. Its findings contain information on the use of the Internet by American voters during the 2008 presidential election campaigns.Topics covered include the extent and nature of use of the Internet, ...

David Cameron is taking his woman trouble seriously. He will unveil plans to curb internet pornography at a meeting with the Mothers’ Union later today. The government will force internet users to opt in to view pornographic websites when they initially chose their internet providers. The government will also clamp down on sexualized advertising and a new website, Parentport, will be establi...

The government and major technology companies form a council to promote the protection of children on the internet.

This site provides free access to a 256 page book edited by Allison Fine, Micah L. Sifry, Andrew Rasiej and Josh Levy which was published by the Personal Democracy Press in 2008. ISBN 978-0-9817509-0-3. It comprises 44 original essays by scholars and e-government specialists which consider how information technology, the Internet, Web 2.0 and social networking can increase accountability and democ...

apComms, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications, chaired by John Robertson MP and Derek Wyatt MP, is launching an inquiry into Internet traffic to assess regulation of ISPs and a range of Internet traffic issues from behavioural advertising and privacy to child abuse images and Internet neutrality to answer what role Government should play when it comes to Internet traffic.

Via Iain, this. Internet users will be protected from abusive bloggers and malicious Facebook postings under proposals to set up an independent internet watchdog, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The body, made up of industry representatives, would be responsible for drawing up guidelines that social networking sites, the blogosphere, website owners and search engines would be expected