Social Issues

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

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InternetNews July 29, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Think Globally, Block Locally Experts at international anti-spam conference argue whether law or technology is the best way to solve the junk mail problem.
Search Engine Watch July 29, 2004 Jessie Stricchiola	Lost Per Click: Search Advertising & Click Fraud Click fraud, the practice of clicking on a text advertisement served by a search engine for the sole purpose of forcing the advertiser to pay for the click, is emerging as an important concern for search engine marketers.
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	More Gloom from MyDoom Virus The latest version of the virus is a vehicle for another Trojan horse, which attacks Microsoft.com... Symantec releases a removal tool.
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Web Scam Operators Go to Prison Florida couple also fined $2.2 million. The case is part of an ongoing campaign by the FTC to identify and halt fraud targeting Spanish-speaking consumers.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Avoid Identity Theft A few changes in behavior can spare you a world of trouble.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Jim Wagner	Search Engine Virus Spells 'Doom' A new strain of the old virus, MyDoom, is spreading throughout the Internet. This time, it's targeting search engines like Google.
InternetNews July 23, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	VeriSign: Be Wary Online. Be Very Wary. Fraud, such as phishing scams, outgrows Internet commerce. Incidents originate mostly from Cameroon, Nigeria, Indonesia and Slovenia.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Paula Dwyer	The Amazing Money Machine Defying doomsayers, the Dems -- by some measures -- are outraising the Republicans. And nothing has succeeded for Kerry like the Internet.
InternetNews July 22, 2004 Roy Mark	E-Mail Operator Indicted for Record Data Theft Feds allege Florida man cracked company databases and downloaded almost 10 gigabytes of personal data.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MasterCard, Others Plug Script Injection Leak Credit card giant MasterCard is among many online financial institutions rushing to fix Web site design security flaws.
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