Technology Policy Issues

Pew Internet's typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are -- or aren't -- in the "information society."

37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.

The main point of the recent congressional briefing panel was to stop the misinformation and obfuscation around the issue of online child victimization, and to focus on the facts and observations that had emerged from our collective research.

Half of all American adults are only occasional users of modern information gadgetry, while 8% are avid participants in all that digital life has to offer

The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.

Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.

Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.

In China, how three big issues -- digital divides, internet cafes, and online games -- are spilling into each other.

The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not....

Now that the election is long past and the Mark Foley scandal is perhaps a slightly less inflammatory subject, we can address some of the inquiries that we’ve gotten about young people and instant messaging.