How should children stay safe online? When does cracking down on pornography morph into censorship? Has the social media revolution enhanced or diminished our society? How can we reconcile copyright with the split-second creations and sharing of the digital age? Our Big Tent returned to its birthplace to the UK this week to take on these tough issues.Daily Mai l. Columnist Amanda Platell outlined her newspaper’s campaign for government-mandated filters for adult content online while Andrew Heaney of TalkTalk, a UK based Internet Service Provider described his company’s network-based filter . On the other side of the debate, Index on Censorship’s new chief executive Kirsty Hughes and Google’s UK Public Policy director Sarah Hunter warned of the risks - both practical and in principle - of filtering.Serendipity Engine , an algorithmic contraption of bicycle parts and light bulbs. urged the UK to reform its computer science education, helping spark a nationwide debate. At this year’s event, he addressed a range of issues from how the next five billion people to come online will shape the web to his concerns about privacy and criminality online. In response a question about the disruptive nature of technology, he answered,“If you thought when you got your job at 20 that it would never change you were misinformed. Retrain yourself to be curious.” David Willetts addressed concern that university debt is threatening aspiring entrepreneurs, speaking of the importance of promoting innovation clusters and how big data and text analysis can fuel growth.Music Managers Forum , the world’s largest representative body of artist management. MMF’s Chairman, Brian Message, challenged to Geoff Taylor of the BPI to spend more time thinking about innovation than legislation. TV comedy writer Graham Linehan raised laughs when he said he thought films would get better if people were asked to pay when they leave the cinema.Andrew Keen and Nick Harkaway debated the question of whether the social revolution has enhanced or diminished our society. While coming from different perspectives, Keen and Harkaway did agree that Internet users should take more active decisions in how they use services online to ensure they protect themselves and their data.YouTube channel soon.Posted by Jon Steinberg, External Relations
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