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...

Internet activities are one of the easiest ways to bring yourself to the attention of a) a mass audience and b) the people who have all the money. Whether you are tech guru Jason Calacanis or a troupe of actors performing skits for podcast in the hope that you’ll become viral, the internet is the

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

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

I am not one of those who believe the internet will have a huge impact on the Westminster election, but if it does have an affect it doesn't look like Labour is going to be one of the beneficiaries, the poor Labour party just doesn't seem to get how the internet works. In the middle of March Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy made the claim that Labour represented the Facebook generation. Nothing

Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films 'threaten freedom of speech and the open internet', says internet and telecom companies

Why are internet service providers above the law? Why do we assume the internet is above and beyond the law? The world wide web should be as much subject to the laws of the land as any other form of communication. Yet it’s still the “wild west web” where lawlessness is rife and politicians wring their hands claiming there is nothing they can do. The truth is that the internet ser...

My initial reaction to Gordon Brown's plan to connect 1.4 million households with children to the internet is that the whole initiative begs more questions than it answers. Superficially, he is right that an internet connection at home is an...

Via Slate, something of a classic, this: Why the Internet won't be the next big thing - from Newsweek Magazine, 1995. Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure. What the Internet hucksters won't tell you is that the Internet is one big ocean of unedited data, without any pretense of completeness. Lacki...

Some time ago Labour floated the idea of "free", i.e. taxpayer funded internet connections for all children, i.e. another vote buying activity. This reappeared in the Labour Conference 2008. The government paying for your internet? Some think that is a good thing, but regardless of your hatred or obsession over "redistribution", there is a massive bear trap awaiting this good intention. Once the g...