Europe is busy debating network neutrality, the idea that all data packets should be treated equal. Except for spam, that should be filtered out. And viruses, which should be deleted. And other harmfu... »
The internet has many roots and several men aspire to the title “The Father of the Internet”. One name often suggested is Vint Cerf (now at Google), who was a program director at the US Defense resear... »
Yesterday, the French Senate heard Netopia following the report Can We Make the Digital World Ethical?. It was certainly encouraging for Netopia to be recognised by such a prestigious institution. The... »
How can the government have a tangible influence over technology? This issue is at the core of establishing rule of law online. In many cases, government intervention in digital is messy: it may be in... »
This week’s most important digital policy news was, of course, the European Court of Justices ruling that declares the Data Retention Directive invalid. Many pirates and so-called internet activists h... »
The European Parliament is as exciting as a cup final at the moment, at least if you are at all interested in digital issues (and if you read Netopia, I will assume you are). Thursday will see a close... »
Technology is defined not so much by innovation and break-through research, but rather by government investment, policy decisions, competing standards, market changes, opposing business interests, and... »
Netopia contributor Ralf Grötker writes about William Baumol’s cost disease theory this week. I find this thought fascinating, but have some objections. First of all, it seems to be a cost-oriented ap... »
It may seem that all digital problems have a technological solution, often in the shape of cybersecurity. Worried your private images could spread across social media? Adjust access settings on Facebo... »
Netopia's report Can We Make the Digital World Ethical? has created quite a stir. I gave an interview to Brussels online news and opinion frontrunner EurActiv, which dubbed me "internet guru" (that's ... »