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Twitter tells the Irish government why a state-funded social media ombudsman would be unworkable as the country looks at new laws for social media.

Two Irish senators have called for a database to be created that records every users' name against their IP address in an effort to curb trolls

The Irish Government has announced an investigation into whether "regulation" is need of public social media comments & their use by the mainstream media

Google's Vint Cerf thanks those that signed its petition for Internet freedom but warns that more will be needed in the future.

A bloc of US, EU, and African states have refused to sign a UN treaty which they fear would have given the organisation more control over the management of the Internet

Twitter has released its review of 2012, showing the most popular and important tweets of an eventful year for the social network.

Facebook has revealed its year end review of the most mentioned topics on the site as well as an application that allows you to create your own timeline review of 2012.

Russia will not table a proposal that would see the UN's ITU take over more control over the Internet. The country is currently redrafting it, with the new document to be presented soon.

Tim Berners-Lee has warned that attempts to “bypass” existing Internet management systems would be a “disruptive threat to the stability of the [Internet].”

As the UN's ITU meets one of the Fathers of the Internet is calling on users to sign a Google petition to protect the Internet's independence from government controls

Google's infographic shows the growth of the internet since its creation in 1969 as the company protests against proposed United Nations' changes to the way the internet is managed.

The UN's ITU has responded to Google's #freeandopen campaign saying the it's not trying to take over the internet. Meanwhile the EU votes to condemn changes to internet governance.

Italian Wikipedia users are protesting against Senate defamation legislation which the organisation said would destroy the Encyclopaedia and "undermine its fundamental principles"

With social established, many sites and networks are now turning their attention to discovery, according to interviewees at the LeWeb conference in London.

Boards.ie, Ireland's largest internet forum, has been forced to change its policy regarding the posting of copyrighted material just days after the enactment of Ireland's own SOPA-style legislation.

The European Commission refers ACTA to the European Court of Justice with questions over the agreement's compliance with EU citizens' rights.

Consumers are being 'lured' into using illegal websites, according to a report by the UK's entertainment industry that recommends 'illegal sites' not be indexed.

Before the end of January Ireland will have enacted its own SOPA-style legislation - without discussion or vote in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament - allowing parts of the internet deemed to aid piracy or infringe copyright to be censored from the Irish public.

As Mozilla, Wikipedia, Facebook, CheezBurger, and SOPAstrike thank their users for participating in Wednesday's "social disobedience" they warn users to remain vigilant.

CanvasDropr's unique image sharing site is developing fast, and this week released embeddable canvases for bloggers and website owners.