Welcome to Citizens Online

Citizens Online is a national charity who believe participation in the digital world is a basic human right. As a result we are committed to promoting digital inclusion. It is our aim to ensure that the benefits of digital technologies can be enjoyed and shared by everybody, so that our society may become more inclusive and just.

Digital Inclusion News

iPhone app to replace the stethoscope

The iPhone could replace the stethoscope as millions of doctors across the world are signing up for a free app created by University College London.

BBC to put 88-year back catalogue online

The BBC is planning to create a complete online broadcast history of the corporation dating back to its foundation in 1922, as part of its ‘Genome Project’.

Times loses 1.2 million online readers after paywall

Visits to the websites of The Times and The Sunday Times have dropped by 1.2 million since May 2010, according to new data.

Martha Lane Fox to overhaul Directgov with the public's help

The UK's "digital champion” Martha Lane Fox has been appointed to lead a review of main Government website Directgov to help it drive the delivery of online services – and wants the public to help.