The law was designed to prevent children from accessing pornographic content but some fear it would worsen the issue.

Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to experiment with shutting off the country's internet from the rest of the world.

We bring you our weekly round-up of the View opinion articles that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

Opposing the will of the people is 'neither right, nor legal, nor legitimate,' says Iranian president

Russia's Duma is set to vote on two new bills that bolster penalties handed down to those who are involved in the spread of fake news

Online hate must be combatted, and will is not enough – we must ensure the tools we are using are as optimal as they can be. Failure on either front will mean those who spread hate online win.

The French president described the pilot programme — a world first — as "an experiment, but a very important first step."

7 ways the Internet of Things will change your life

What can businesses and governments do to stop the spread of disinformation? We hear from top EU and UK policy makers at Web Summit.

The inventor of the World Wide Web has called for an end to the digital divide and for the web to be free and fair for all in his keynote speech at Web Summit in Lisbon.

What you buy, what you read, where you go, who you talk to; it all counts as credits or penalities in China's vast new monitoring system, and your results can determine your basic freedoms.