In the world of foreign affairs, there are written or unwritten rules under which states operate., but there is little, if any, comparable set of structures governing actions taken in cyberspace.
US cable operator Charter Communications has agreed to buy competitor Time Warner Cable in a deal worth $78.7bn (£52bn).
The events in Hong Kong have seen technology play a huge role in organising political protest, as much as in the days of the Arab Spring of 2011. But governments have become wise to the potential influence of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and blocking websites is easy (if you’re the government).
From unused television frequencies to stratospheric balloons and from drone aircraft to communications satellites; why are companies such as Google and Facebook striving to bring Internet access to the African continent?
The vast majority of UK internet users have opted out of the government-backed “porn filter”, which arbitrarily censors the open internet.