Canada: Our Time to Lead
Future of the Internet: Best of the series
Highlights of the week-long project, including most viewed articles, video and features, top-rated comments and poll results
Part 1: The Internet needs peacekeepers. Is Canada ready?
Crime, censorship and espionage have turned the digital world into a battlefield. What role should Canada play in saving the Web?
Part 2: Canada's app developers in sweet spot as world goes mobile
As the playing field is being reset on the entire industry, app developers and startups are popping up all over the country
Part 3: Rural communities left without secure links to the outside world
In Europe, governments have declared broadband access a legal right. But here, there is a huge disparity around who can plug into high-speed networks
Part 4: Facebook and its goal of a less private Web
Canadian privacy advocates have significantly influenced the way Facebook operates, but with users’ personal data a marketing gold mine, the social network’s push to redraw Web boundaries continues
Part 5: How the new copyright bill will affect Canadian culture
After years of attempting to catch up with technology, the Canadian government has conceded the digital world moves too fast
Part 6: Canada's culture can still make its mark on the Internet
If we get it right, the collaboration between the private and public sectors could put us at the forefront
Video debates
Part 1: Do we share too much on the Internet?
Security expert Daniel Tobok, reporter Omar El Akkad and author Jeff Jarvis discuss the notion of what is private v. public in the digital age.
Part 2: Can 500 million Facebook users be wrong?
Sites such as Facebook and Google have built their businesses on customers willing to exchange personal information for free services, argues expert Jeff Jarvis, and they know what they are getting into.
Part 3: Should governments police the Internet?
Criminal elements are flocking to the web searching for personal information they can use for ill-gotten gain, says Daniel Tobok. Jeff Jarvis counters that you can't let the bad actors spoil the inherent goodness of the medium.
Part 4: Does privacy matter to teens online?
Winston Sih, 16, explains why it is important to think before you post personal information online.
Part 5: Protecting kids online
Blogger and journalist Amber MacArthur, student Winston Sih and Kidproof's Samantha Wilson look at ways parents can ensure their children stay safe on the internet
Series interactives
Anatomy of a cyber crime
Koobface malware takes control of a computer and tricks users into inadvertently clicking on advertising links across the Web
As computing goes mobile, Canadian start-ups look to cash in
Globe technology reporter Omar El Akkad speaks with four groups of app developers
William Gibson discusses the pace of technological change
'I’ve been telling people that emerging technology drives change and that the change is now exponential.'
Human knowledge, by the numbers
The generation of human knowledge continues to increase at a logarithmic scale, doubling between 2008 and 2010
What challenges does the Internet present to Canada?
What do Canadians think about government regulation of the internet, privacy and security?
Poll: How protected are you?
Editor's Picks: Your Comments
- The concept of Facebook privacy is a moving target. The second they change something you have to redo your options. —jdwilson on Poll: How protected are you?
- All kinds of industries are being forced to adapt or die in response to new technologies - and this has always been so. —Trying to Raise the Bar on How the new copyright bill will affect Canadian culture
- Facebook is not the Internet. It is merely a popular application. In another few years everyone will be off doing something else. —Bruce Walzer on A regulatory nightmare: Facebook and its goal of a less private Web
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Poll: How secure do you feel online?
Poll: Canada, the Internet's blue helmets?
Do you think Canada should become the international peacekeepers of the Internet?
Poll: Going big with small
Do you think small, nimble app developers and digital media companies are the future of Canada's technology industry?
Poll: Broadband for all?
Do you think the government is doing enough to ensure that the Internet is accessible everywhere across the country?
