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Research and evidence is vital to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) Evidence Champion, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Evidence Group aim to provide UKCCIS with a research strategy plus a timely, critical and rigorous account of available research relevant to the ongoing work of UKCCIS.

Ofcom has published its fifth annual report on The Consumer Experience of telecoms, the internet and digital broadcasting markets. It discusses the results of our research programme, which measured how well consumers have fared over the past year in their use of these services.

The research report is aimed at measuring how well consumers are faring in respect of:

UK consumers are some of the earliest adopters of new communications technologies, new Ofcom research reveals.

They are among the best connected for broadband, mobile and digital TV and the UK has seen the fastest growth in smartphone take-up. UK consumers are also enjoying lower prices for communications services than many consumers across the world.

Ofcom’s fifth International Communications Market report into the global communications market looks at take-up, availability and use of broadband, landlines, mobiles, TV and radio in 17 countries.

UK internet users becoming more security conscious

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has published the Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative's response to the FCC's Notice of Inquiry (09-94) on "Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape":