Aleks in Wonderland: Attack of the Zombie Baby Monitors - Episode 3

Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet? The Internet is the
world's most widely used communications tool. It's a fast and
efficient way of delivering information. However it is also quite
dumb, neutral, treating equally all the data it passes around the
world. From data that forms scientific research papers, the
wealth of social media to keep us all connected with friends and
relatives, entertainment or material we would rather not see-
from political propaganda to horrific violence, the Internet
makes no distinction.


Is it time to change that? And can we? In this programme Aleks
Krotoski looks at whether it's possible to use technological
fixes to regulate the internet or whether a more political
approach is needed to governance of this vital but flawed
communications medium.


Produced by Julian Siddle. First broadcast on Wednesday 30 August
2017.