Monthly Archives: January 2011

Should ISPs be the Internet Police?

internet police Everyone seems to have a few coins to throw in when the talks are about the Digital Economy Act 2010. An independent barrister thought the secondary legislation, as it is called, was simply incompatible with Europe’s Authorisation Directive (2002/20/EC), which stated that government officials could only force actions on broadband… Read the rest...

To bless or not to bless social networks

140109143745social_networks The sphere of social networking has been sprinkled with holy water as Pope Benedict saw for himself that it was good. In his recent speech entitled “Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age” for this year’s World Social Communications Day, the Pope seemed to have mixed feelings… Read the rest...