Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Toughing Out The Junk-Mail Virus An insidious strain swipes e-addresses from your PC -- to spam your friends
InternetNews March 12, 2004 Pamela Parker	Study: 19% of Opt-In E-Mail is Blocked Researchers find the spam problem's side effects are hurting marketers.
PC Magazine April 6, 2004 Jay Munro	The Lookout: MyDoom Hobbles E-Mail A powerful worm known variously as w32/Novarg.A, w32/Shimg, w32/Mydoom, or w32/Mimail.R began devastating personal and corporate e-mail systems across the globe in late January.
PC Magazine April 6, 2004 John Clyman	Understanding Directory Harvest Attacks If you've ever wondered how a brand-new e-mail account has started getting spam within hours, here's how that can happen.
InternetNews March 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Washington Beefs Up Can Spam The two powerful federal agencies empowered as the whip hand of the Can Spam Act began the process Thursday of fully implementing the United States' first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail.
PC Magazine March 11, 2004 Michael J. Miller	Fixing the E-Mail Mess I understand the appeal of "fighting spam with spam," but the practical implications are staggering.
InternetNews March 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Major E-Mail Providers Bare Can Spam Teeth AOL, EarthLink, Yahoo! and Microsoft use new federal law to go after kingpin spammers.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Anti-Spam Squad It seems politics and spam make strange bedfellows. Some of the Internet's heavy hitters filed a collective lawsuit today against spammers.
InternetNews March 9, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Major ISPs to Stand Firm on Anti-Spam Fight AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft, and Yahoo! are expected to outline their progress against unwanted e-mail.
Wall Street & Technology March 2, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	IT Challenge: Spam The Challenge: Junk e-mail is becoming a big problem, as spammers clog inboxes with dubious offerings from weight-loss remedies to cheap Viagra. How to filter the spam without filtering important e-mails is a problem.
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