It is hard to see how he will manage to reconcile freedom of speech on the internet with the requirement to prevent legal but harmful content.
Thirty per cent of UK households, mainly rural and left-behind communities, were still on copper wiring last year.
It’s just a website. Making it better requires nothing more than rewriting some code and the will to act.
The Online Safety Bill is a welcome start but given the huge range of issues it covers, is it too unwieldy?
Kyiv’s forward-thinking approach towards this sector has also allowed to raise funds for the war effort at lightning speed.
Private industry will fund much of the digital infrastructure investment. To ensure that no community is left behind will require state intervention.
Low paid and part-time jobs. Poor digital and physical connectivity. A lack of qualifications. We need to level up too.
The challenges over crime and poor transport links are quite different to those in urban areas. So are the solutions.
Ministers must make sure the new Online Safety Bill is fit for purpose, can adapt to new technology, and compasses encrypted platforms.
Investing in gigabit broadband will make boost regional competitiveness and make the home-working revolution much more viable.
It’s striking that the countries that did best during Covid are those, like Taiwan and South Korea, which live under threat of annihilation by their neighbours.
SMEs are facing unprecedented challenges. Faster internet speeds can make a great difference.
We wouldn’t want constraints on free speech imposed on the basis of opaque agreements between platforms and politicians.
The ideas of that decade are still with us, staggering around like a zombie in a garish “Global Hypercolor” t-shirt.
Social media platforms will be legally obliged to have a proper way for people to appeal against wrongful removal of their content.