British Prime Minister Theresa May called for an international cooperative effort to drive terrorists off the internet. How well have other global efforts to manage the internet fared?
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As the Trump administration settles into office, regulators and lawmakers have big plans for shifting the country’s media landscape, with potentially profound effects on the public.
Trump’s FCC chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a major change in internet regulation, doing away with the Open Internet Order. Experts describe what’s at stake, and why it matters.
The Digital Economy Bill would effectively create a hackable register of pornography users and block ‘unconventional’ material.
The developing world is waking up to the internet. We need to know how new generations of children use it.
This year marks the 30th birthday of .au domains. We’ve come a long way but there’s big change ahead.
3D printing is opening doors to amazing opportunities and benefits – as well as some undeniable dangers. Patience and caution about regulating it will yield more innovation.
Not all internet traffic is the same. Despite the recent legal win for network neutrality, many questions remain.
The ‘right to be forgotten’ won’t always help when someone posts something harmful about you – but there are other options.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
If there’s to be one committee to rule them all, it needs to be handled right.
On Human Experiments – behavioural research is now big online, and you’re likely to be part of it whether you know it or not.
All interaction depends on rules, written or unwritten, to ensure a smooth ride. But in cyberspace there are none.
Social media companies and the law are both beginning to seriously combat revenge porn.
Cloud computing, by its very nature, transcends location, geography and territorial boundaries. Data accessed in one country might be stored half way across the world, or even in servers in multiple countries…
Some achieve celebrity, and some have celebrity thrust upon them, to paraphrase Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This may be how Alex Geutsitskiy and Katie Verkovod feel, a couple from Oregon who were captured…
Video games, Jane Austen, and a Welsh footballer: it might seem these three have nothing in common, but all have been the basis for online abuse targeted specifically at women. Of course, both men and…
A cartoon can land you in court, as happened to a man recently convicted of possessing non-photographic images – cartoons, drawings – of a sexual nature featuring children. Clearly child pornography, more…
There is a vocal minority on social media that use the platforms to attack others, often with impunity. These cyber bullies or online trolls, use words and in some cases other means to cause harm – for…
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