Internet in Italy

While ADSL2+ with speeds up to 20/1 Mbit/s is still the most widely common subscription available in Italy, the main telephone company in the country (TIM) is investing 12 billion € in the period of 2016-2018, with the aim of reaching 84% of the homes with broadband connection (100 Mbit/s) before the end of 2018.

[10] An anti-terrorism law amended in 2005, after the terrorists attacks in Madrid and London,[11] by then-Minister of the Interior Giuseppe Pisanu, restricted the opening of new Wi-Fi Hotspots,[12] subjecting interested entities to first apply for permission to open at the Police Headquarters of jurisdiction[12][13] and that such hotspot's customers were subjected to identification, by presenting an identity document.

[15] The abrogation was finally made by the Monti Cabinet, which has not entered the renewal extension in the decree of 2011, so that the provision is no longer in force since January 1, 2012.

[19] In February 2023, Italy's Data Protection Authority (GPDP) banned the AI chatbot Replika, citing potential risks it posed to minors and people with emotional fragility.

[20] The next month, the GPDP ordered OpenAI to block ChatGPT, citing privacy concerns in how personal data is processed and failure to verify if users are over age 13.

[22] In October 2020, the vice secretary of the Conte II Cabinet Andrea Martella proposed to make mandatory for over-the-top media service the payment of copyright royalties in favour of the content producers,[23] and also to introduce a web tax to provide public schools and for individual citizens with discounted subscriptions of Italian online and paper journals.