Let me put it this way. When a kid singing a Justin Bieber song in his bedroom on YouTube risks jail time, the bill is flawed… Actually, I do advocate imprisonment for anyone singing Justin Bieber songs, so that’s a bad example.
Internet users aged 18-33 still rule the web when it comes to social networking, instant messaging, and wireless internet usage on laptops and mobile phones. And they also remain the generation with the highest percentage of active web users, at 95%.
Let me repeat that: 95% of 18-33 year-olds use the Internet.
Millennial Generation’s Web Dominance On The Decline , Pew Study Says
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What do women get up to online? | Technology | The Guardian
UK housewives spend 47% of their leisure time on the internet – and it’s not all cosy, mumsy surfing
…it’s not the Internet itself that leads to pathologies like cyber-bullying, spam and identity theft. Rather it’s our decision — individually and collectively — to separate the Internet from the context, norms and experience that guide human behavior. It’s our decision to engage in online interaction as if it were fundamentally different from offline conversation. It’s our decision to label the Internet as something — anything! — other than real life.
Alexandra Samuel in “10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life”, Harvard Business Review
