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UK Internet attitudes study finds public support for social media regulation

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a brand spanking new joint file and stat-fest on Web attitudes and usage with the national wisdom protection watchdog, the ICO — a quantitative find out about to be published annually which they’re calling the On-line Country file. The emblem new development hints at the d…
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a new joint report and stat-fest on Internet attitudes and usage with the national data protection watchdog, the ICO — a quantitative study to be published annually which they’re calling the Online Nation report. The new structure hints at the d…

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