Internet surfers may be more likely to bring up news and current events than to slip into chat rooms these days, according to a new report by broadband provider Pipex.
Pipex said October 21 that a third of the users they surveyed had a news or current affairs Web site as their home pages, with the top three for men being news, sports, and weather and the top three for women more likely to be a photograph of their romantic partners or their children.
This news came just days after Pipex –believed to be Britain’s first commercial Internet service provider – said they would join the Internet Watch Foundation to help promote online security and fight illegal Web content.
“We are committed to helping all of our customers enjoy and benefit from using the Internet, securely and safely,” said Pipex chief executive Mike Read. “Working closely with partners such as the Internet Watch Foundation, we are campaigning for an industry-wide commitment to further reductions in unsafe and unlawful practices.”
The IWF works with ISPs, telecommunications companies, software makers, and content providers to fight the presence of child porn, racist, and comparable content online. They are sometimes credited with helping cut the presence of such content hosted from Britain from 18 percent in 1997 to one percent or less by 2003.
