Tim Farron warns of win for terrorists if web is made surveillance tool
Theresa May’s pledge to curb radical jihadis by regulating internet is risk to freedom and civil liberties, says Lib Dem leader
February 2016
UK government launches consultation for porn age-verification plan
Plans seek to force adult entertainment providers to verify viewer age with ‘robust’ tools and protections
January 2016
Will 2016 be the year web advertisers realise we don’t want to be monitored?
Ethan Zuckerman
Everyone hates web adverts – except those people developing intrusive technology to force them on us
September 2015
The networker
The rise of ad-blocking could herald the end of the free internet
John Naughton
More and more people are using software to turn off irritating website advertisements – but without them, smaller sites might go under
March 2015
Brain flapping
No sex please; it's the internet
Girl on the Net: Posting adult material online is possible only as long as corporations allow it, and they have the authority to change their mind at any time
February 2015
China's internet crackdown turns to rousing chorus
Beijing web watchdog celebrates ‘cyber sovereignty’ with video anthem, aiming to drum up support for restrictions
January 2015
Internet filters block websites of sex abuse charities
‘Blunt tool’ approach is leading parents into false sense of security, insist campaigners
September 2014
The ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zynga
Internet piracy: media union endorses web-filtering proposal
August 2014
Open door
The readers' editor on… the online abuse that follows any article on women's issues
Chris Elliott
Chris Elliott: Perhaps it is time to assess whether online anonymity should be an option rather than the default position
Building a better web: the internet need not be doomed
Charles Leadbeater hopes tech firms will stop focusing on getting big and selling out, and devote themselves to doing good
Misogyny online is barrier to social good of web, says Charles Leadbeater
Former Labour policy adviser says abusive web culture, like that suffered by Mary Beard, shows internet has lost promise of mid-2000s as route to collaboration for the better
July 2014
New broadband customers reject parental controls, figures show
Internet filters blocking one in five most-popular websites
February 2014
UK pornographers urge the government to improve ISP filters
An industry group has launched a new site to educate parents about content filters - but argues the government-imposed internet filters are failing to do the job. By Charles Arthur
January 2014
Sky's internet service mistakenly blocks web-critical plugin
Response
This is not censorship creep. Parents need help to protect their children from pornography
John Carr
November 2013
How Microsoft, Google and ISPs aim to halt child abuse images
Ministers and technology executives attend Downing Street summit called by David Cameron
September 2013
Malcolm Turnbull defends original internet filter plan on ABC's Triple J - audio
Malcolm Turnbull disowned internet filter policy hours after championing it
