William H. Dutton

National concern over the spread of swine flu led the UK National Health Service to set up a telephone hotline, but also an Internet Website. The site provides a set of tick boxes – a questionnaire – that is self-administered. The answers permit individuals to make a more informed judgment of whether they do, or [...]

Ofcom has four Advisory Committees to connect Ofcom to the views and interests of people within the nations and regions of the UK. The site has been up-dated to reflect the new composition of the committees, their responsibilities, and terms of reference. I would encourage you to follow the work of these committees, and let [...]

D. K. Meister has written a nice piece focused on the difficulties of bridging the digital divides that exist in the UK, particularly those that are based on personal disinterest in the Internet. I pointed out, in the article, that the UK’s new champion for digital inclusion will have a hard time trying to convert [...]

I am just back from a productive meeting of the World Internet Project (WIP) held in Macao from 8-10 July 2009 at the University of Macao. It was clear to me that the partners are moving closer to a real consensus on the issues and questions to address in common across the world, which has [...]