Tagged with "internet"

European Commission has the Internet in its sight

Get ready to move your servers – the EC is looking at the internet as part of its investigation into the ground rules for future broadcasting
by Simon Miller - 17 May 2013
Syria drops "off the internet"

Various reports show that the entire nation of Syria has dropped off the internet, with many pointing to the Assad regime as responsible
by The Commentator - 7 May 2013
Balancing innovation with data protection

There are no easy answers in balancing innovation with the data protection, but as the discussion of the data protection directive begins, it will be important that Britons and Europeans consider risk
by William Rinehart - 7 May 2013
British counter-jihad blogs targeted in "massive" cyber attack

Two of Britain's leading anti-extremism websites have been targeted and taken down for over a week in a huge, targeted attack
by The Commentator - 27 March 2013
Hacker maps web because YOU have a default router password

Pretty pictures, interesting information, how could something like this be illegal?
by The Green Goblin - 23 March 2013
Pornography, social media, and censorship

For the first time we can watch Big Brother and there is little he can do about it - we must fight to keep it that way
by David Atherton - 19 November 2012
Internet for prosperity - from the UK to Azerbaijan

Freedom and prosperity in other countries must start with freedom online at home. We in the UK simply must practice what we preach
by Dominique Lazanski - 12 November 2012
The public itself is an independent press regulator - we don't need another

When the state, or even elected representatives themselves seek to define, consolidate and apportion morality, then the public is once again diminished
by Raheem Kassam, Executive Editor - 9 November 2012
What made government grow?

The pillars on which the Big Government model rest are starting to crumble
by Douglas Carswell MP - 4 October 2012
Government proposes to filter legal content for child safety

This government continues to suffer from poor research, 'fag packet' proposals and a general lack of understanding - we don't want to become like China, and we don't need you to parent our children
by Dominique Lazanski - 18 April 2012
Stop SOPA, it'll destroy our internet

Freedom online is in peril, and that means economic growth, innovation, and prosperity are in at the deep-end too
by Dominique Lazanski - 18 January 2012
Do we have a digital apartheid? Sure, but it's nothing to do with government inaction

Grant Shapps MP has said that many social tenants in England can’t get online or haven’t ever been online. He is right, but it is not because of government inaction
by Dominique Lazanski - 7 December 2011
London Cyberspace Conference: it's good to talk, but better to do

The London Cyberspace Conference was yet another at which we did a lot of talking. What we should really be focusing on is doing; creating growth and jobs.
by Dominique Lazanski - 4 November 2011
Are we sleepwalking into the beginning of the end of internet freedom?

With a perfect storm of security, child protection and sexualisation and copyright enforcement we may be sleepwalking into the end of freedom online as we know it.
by Nick Pickles - 4 November 2011
A busy week for UK web blocking discussions

The rule of law – and not the government – should ultimately debate and decide on the legality of web blocking. Let’s hope the government takes heed of this message.
by Dominique Lazanski - 21 September 2011