Summary

The article “Innocence lost: what did you do before the internet?” by Leah McLaren begins with the author remembering the time when her father used to make a living without having access to the internet. McLaren predicts that soon no one will remember the experience of living without the internet.

McLaren then talks about her meeting with the UK’s Information Commissioner, where they discussed a code meant to change the way British children navigate the internet. The code is meant to impose a set of rules that would protect children from unregulated content found online. 

The author thinks about her childhood without the internet and explains that people like her, who have lived both with and without the internet, are called “digital immigrants”. She recalls spending time outdoors, but also playing basic video games and watching TV sitcoms on re...