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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

State Of The Net

The third annual State of the Net conference, a bountiful feast for Internet policy professionals from government and industry, is being held today in Washington. The event also marks the tenth anniversary of the Congressional Internet Caucus.

Summit organizers have a jam-packed day planned. Sessions cover a variety of topics including intellectual property rights, privacy and security, patents and broadband. I'll be blogging here and there in addition to the stories I file for Technology Daily's P.M. edition.

But first, some delicious data…

A new poll conducted by Zogby on behalf of caucus showed nine out of 10 Americans believe the Internet has changed our expectations of privacy. Differences exist between what 18-24 year-olds believe is an invasion of privacy and what other respondents consider to be an intrusion.

About 35 percent of 18-24 year-olds consider someone posting a picture of them in a swimsuit to be an invasion of their privacy, compared to 65 percent of other respondents. Roughly 19 percent of the younger group said a publicly posted dating profile is an invasion of privacy, compared to 54 percent of others.

Meanwhile, 45 percent of younger respondents said they, or someone they know, has broken up with someone using e-mail or a text message. That contrasts with about 7 percent of all the other age groups polled.
More poll results can be found here.

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