How much trust and confidence do Australians have in the internet?

ACMA ACMA Australia recently released the first series of its report “Digital Economy” highlighting changing trends in the take-up and use of the internet by Australian consumers.

Some of the report findings are:

“Australians value the internet and see it as critical to their daily lives. Over 11 million Australians use the internet for a wide range of activities relating to communications, business and social activities. Twenty-seven per cent of Australian internet users trust the internet as a valued source of information and prefer it to traditional media, such as newspapers, radio and the television.

However, while Australians overwhelmingly see the internet as having affected their lives positively, they still have concerns about the potential for the internet to negatively affect their privacy and security.”

The full report is available at the .

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