Every state in the world has its own laws, cultural norms and accepted behaviours. As billions of people come online in the next decade, many will discover a newfound independence that will test these boundaries. Each state will attempt to regulate the internet, and shape it in its own image.

Electronic communications operator Lattelecom has started to offer free Internet access to any person in 2,000 locations all over Latvia, Lattelecom board member and Commercial Director Kerli Gabrilovica said, reports Nozare.lv. The best places for Lattelecom free Wi-Fi hotspots were determined by popular vote - each such place had at least 100 local residents’ votes. More than 260,000 residents participated in the voting overall, which is 25 times more than Lattelecom originally anticipated, the company said in a statement.

The city of Chicago is offering free or low-cost Internet access to low income people in a pilot program called "Everyoneon."

TorGuard has recently made new additions to their fast growing and affordable VPN service plans, including an updated “no root required” Android VPN app, 100 added gigabit server connections and a new form of pre-paid VPN service. In addition to a free Android app, clients can now connect through many new servers in the US, Canada, Netherlands, Romania and New Zealand. The new payment method allows one to buy exactly the amount of pre-paid VPN service they need, ranging anywhere from 24 hours up to 1 year.

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India's Supreme Court issued notices to the government agencies for the petition to block and ban porn sites on the internet. The petition, filed through advocate Vijay Panjwani, said while the act of watching porn is not illegal,  the readily-available "graphic, violent, brutal, deviant and destructive" pornography has endangered Indian society and threatens public order.