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President Trump has touted infrastructure investment as a way to boost the U.S. economy. At the moment, he’s missing a key opportunity – expanding broadband internet service.
ABS figures show that Australia’s appetite for faster broadband is growing apace.
The search engine’s founders saw this one coming 20 years ago. So how should they react now?
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.
They have some big ideas.
The NBN could offer faster broadband to more people if it could widen its planned Fibre to the Curb rollout.
If you’re looking for love on a dating app then beware the trolls - and consider upgrading to a paid service to get away from them.
This is election year for several African countries and there’s a need to ensure social media isn’t used to incite violence. But can governments be prevented from restricting citizens’ rights?
World-class fiber-based internet service is available in less than a quarter of Los Angeles County. By contrast, it’s almost ubiquitous in Stockholm and Paris.
You might think that trolling on the internet is done by a small, vocal minority of sociopaths. But what if all trolls aren’t born trolls? What if they are ordinary people like you and me?
Moves to make sex education compulsory cannot come quickly enough.
Psychologists believe that something called ‘online disinhibition effect’ might partly explain trolling behaviour.
Giving rural residents the option of using broadband access isn’t enough to boost their community involvement. To really improve civic engagement, rural dwellers need to use the internet.
Despite the growth in darknet drug trading in Australia, there are important reasons why it is less harmful than street drug dealing.
While South Africa’s youth unemployment is a structural matter, the country must find ways to alleviate the challenges in the short-term.
In the face of alienation and concentration of power by big corporations, local DIY organisations promote place-based organic internet solutions.
Social networks built on blockchain technology, such as Steemit, promise a far more democratic experience.
Laptops in class are distracting – even for the most motivated students.
The deep and dark web can be a scary place, but modern open-source technologies funded by the Defense Department can help explore it.
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor and Neustadt Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Deputy Dean Research at Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne
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