Oxford Internet Institute

• PASC Report: Government / IT

  The Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) publishes its report on Government and IT that insists Government has still to address the challenges of "intelligent" procurement. Helen Margetts was an expert witness.

• The Right to be Forgotten

  The EU plans sweeping changes to its dated data protection law, including the "right to be forgotten": Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, author of "Delete", comments: New EU data protection rules talk tough (Deutsche Welle).

• Scientists: Conservatives?

  "although physical scientists have led the way in using computers to analyse data, they are still fairly conservative when it comes to adopting new communications technologies": Recent OII work is covered by Physics World.

• Physical Scientists at Work

  How do physical scientists use online information, resources, and services to support their research? Eric Meyer and Monica Bulger are authors on RIN's new report on Information Practices in the Physical Sciences (SSRN).

• Free Speech Principles

  Ian Brown talks to Prof. Timothy Garton Ash about Internet neutrality, freedom of expression, regulation, censorship and security as part of the Free Speech Debate project: Can the world agree on free speech principles? (YouTube).

• The Art of Forgetting

  "As a society, argues internet scholar Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, we're getting worse at forgetting, thanks to the web: Amazon, Google and Facebook remember everything you use them for, for ever." (The Guardian, 20 January)

Last updated on: 28 October 2011