Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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Fast Company May 2000 Elizabeth Weil	Time to Slow Down? The thinker: Stewart Brand, founder, the "Whole Earth Catalog." The setting: the Long Now Foundation, San Francisco, California. The question: how can we make the world safe for Internet time?
Fast Company May 2000 The Spy	Turschlussangst A Spy in the House of Work. What impact did denial-of-service" attacks really have?
Search Engine Watch April 4, 2000	The Problems With Rating Services Not only are figures from the web's major ratings services are far from perfect, but they can be and are manipulated much more by web property owners than could ever happen when compared to television ratings.
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2000	From Wedding Photos To Phone Sex Wedding photographer Jon C. Domke was surprised to discover a sudden spike in traffic to his web site in early January. Surprise became shock when he checked his traffic logs and discovered that people searching for porn on AltaVista were reaching his site by mistake.
Fast Company March 2000 John Ellis	Digital Matters Congress and the states have the authority to tax Internet transactions -- but they don't have the votes.
D-Lib February 2000 Lynn Pritcher	Ad*Access: Seeking Copyright Permissions for a Digital Age A description of the copyright issues faced by an academic institution wishing to place a library of advertisements on the Internet. Includes a description of their efforts to determine copyright holders and obtain permissions.
Search Engine Watch December 6, 1999	Search Engine Lawsuits O'Plenty There's been a lot of legal action revolving around search engines recently, and especially last week. Below is a summary of the various cases.
Fast Company December 1999 Gina Imperato	Surf the Web for a Change It's never been easier to make a difference on behalf of an issue you care about. You can use the Web to browse for a good cause, to donate money for good works, or to serve as a virtual volunteer. Social change is just a click away.
Fast Company December 1999 Gina Imperato	Shopping for a Cause A look at five of the top socially conscious places to shop online.
Search Engine Watch October 4, 1999	FTC Steps In To Stop Spamming There's a new sheriff in town, with the initials FTC. In September, the US Federal Trade Commission made a landmark move in establishing some jurisdiction over search engine results.
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