It’s now just over a month since we launched our Don’t Disconnect Us campaign against the government’s misguided proposals for tackling illegal filesharing which gave sweeping powers to the Government to require ISPs to disconnect people from the Internet without proof that they did anything wrong. Since then the campaign has done better and reached a wider audience than even we anticipated.
Rewarding Britain’s digital heroes
Yesterday we were at the House Lords to hand out awards to the 12 regional winners of our TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards. The event was a great success, with a number of MPs and peers – including Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw – joining representatives from TalkTalk and digital inclusion charity Citizens Online, along with the winners themselves.
Copyright laws infringe basic human rights, says TalkTalk
The Digital Economy Bill, published today, is a further backward step in the efforts to reduce illegal filesharing while further threatening the rights of the consumer.
Sixty seconds with: Michael Phillips from Consumer Choices
Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Michael Phillips, Product Director at Consumer Choices. The popular online self-help service supports customers’ decisions when selecting broadband, home phones, financial services (loans, credit cards, savings accounts and mortgages), gas and electricity, digital television, and insurance.
Taking your brighter sparks into the digital future
The internet is now a major part of children’s lives at home and at school, so knowing how to keep our kids safe online is an essential skill for modern parents – just like being able to teach them how to cross the road or ride a bike safely.