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...

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, ...

Akamai Technologies has released the second edition of its quarterly "State of the Internet" report which provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network outages and broadband connectivity levels across the globe.

Is Pickles right - there’s no substitute for personal contact? Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without one grouping or another promising us great things “because of the internet”. Look at this week. We had the launch of “The Jury Team” party where everything is supposed to happen magically because of the internet. Funding?

Plaid MEP Jill Evans has welcomed a decision by the European Parliament to support internet freedom. Ms Evans voted in favour of the proposals which state that a user's access to the internet cannot be restricted without a prior legal ruling. ... full story

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

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

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...

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...

The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) UK welcomes the Government's publication of the The Interim Digital Britain Report. This report demonstrates the commitment of the Government to working in cooperation with industry to maximise the potential of the Internet.