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Think tank calls for national policing agency

...top-down mentality" about communication. Rick Muir, a senior research fellow at IPPR and author of the report, said: "Until the way the police force... Read more

26 November, 2009 by Kable
Ashdown: Internet is a 'lawless space'

Ashdown: Internet is a 'lawless space'

...internet. Speaking to ZDNet UK at an Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) press event, Lord Ashdown said cybercrime and terrorism rush "into the vacuum... Read more

27 November, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Home Office: Immigration points system 'will benefit UK'

...he said. Centre-left think tank the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) cautiously welcomed the system, saying it was a "welcome attempt to harness... Read more

8 March, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Education, not legislation will reduce e-crimes

...lobby group EURIM, and think tank The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), argues that although some legislation is required to fight Internet-based crimes... Read more

11 December, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Safe Surfing test proposed to protect kids

...recommended Tuesday. The test proposed by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) is intended to educate children in the dangers of communicating with strangers... Read more

30 January, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

News Burst: Safe surfing tests proposed to protect kids

Digital 'driving' test for children on the Web Read more

30 January, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

NHS IT rollout 'needs proper evaluation'

...on Tuesday. In its latest report, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says it is "impossible to tell" whether the £6bn NHS IT programme... Read more

27 July, 2004 by Kable

Government urged to be bold with IT projects

...on the digital society programme at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), said that with fierce competition in the public sector for scarce resources... Read more

29 October, 2003 by Andy McCue

Let's bring e-crime into the open

...group and the influential think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). This sounds slow, but the alternative would be meddling. From September, we... Read more

15 July, 2003 by Peter Judge

Online liberties crushed by Big Brother government

...Ian Kearns, senior research fellow at the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), echoed these fears. Kearns said: "If the government doesn't explicitly defend... Read more

5 September, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Your data at risk from 'Big Brother' Blair

...fellow for centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said the report didn't do enough to preserve citizens' privacy. He... Read more

12 April, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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