Demands on Internet Service Providers and mobile carriers has intensified the debate surrounding ‘net neutrality’ in the UK and the US, as the amount of data transferred over their networks increases; with providers under greater pressure to meet the needs of internet users. (more…)

From May 25th 2011 a revised European Framework on electronic communications will require marketers to obtain the consent of visitors to their website, in order to store and retrieve data usage information from a users computer. (more…)

New plans devised by the UK police force to provide governance over rogue web domains are to be released and debated in public, news agencies have revealed this week. (more…)

According to a new study conducted by security experts Norton, over twenty-five percent of people lie when they input their name and other personal details online. (more…)

Craigslist, the highly popular advertising site, has been heavily criticised for its permissive attitude towards the adult market in America. (more…)

Jordan, in a surprise bid to increase the productivity of its public sector workers has prevented them from accessing over fifty websites during office hours. The move comes after research was undertaken which revealed that each individual was wasting up to three hours online, daily. (more…)

Fears that privacy rules could be contravened by the possible sale of a database of contacts has created controversy within the United States. The database, owned by gay teen magazine XY, has been identified as a potential asset by the magazine’s creditors. (more…)

The popular game World of Warcraft has made the headlines this week, following a decision to bring a close to its anonymous forums. Blizzard, the organisation behind World of Warcraft, have announced that users who play the online game will, from now on, have to post their real identities on to the game when they play. (more…)

Minister for culture, Andy Burnham, has told the Daily Telegraph that a kind of cinema style ratings system could be applied to websites in the near future in order to impose tighter controls on what children can view and better regulate online content. According to Burnham, the government intends to negotiate with the Obama administration in the US in an attempt to draw up a list of rules for English language websites.
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