Social Issues

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The Motley Fool September 17, 2004 Alyce Lomax	AOL, Microsoft Spar on Spam Although taking spam off the table is a shared priority that will have an impact on their bread and butter, perhaps it should come as no surprise that many of the top players will agree to disagree with Microsoft's solution.
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Calif. Spyware Bill: 'Worse Than Nothing' Privacy groups urge Governor Schwarzenegger to veto a bill they call 'unenforceable.'
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Jim Wagner	Did AOL Jump the Gun With Sender ID? Did AOL jump the gun in its decision Wednesday to ditch Sender ID and continue with its Sender Policy Framework (SPF) deployment in the battle against spam?
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sender ID Still Making Tracks The MARID working group presses on despite a deep division over the use of Microsoft's unspecified patent claims.
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Call for Cybersecurity Enhancements As the 108th Congress scrambles in its final days to address homeland security issues, U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) are focusing on the state of U.S. cybersecurity.
InternetNews September 15, 2004 Jim Wagner	AOL Dumps Sender ID Microsoft's biggest ISP supporter has withdrawn its support for the anti-spam technology, internetnews.com has learned.
InternetNews September 13, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sender ID in Limbo While the IETF seems to have stalled on adopting Sender ID, Microsoft officials are moving forward as planned with their e-mail authentication technology.
InternetNews September 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine	PayPal to Fine Gambling, Porn Sites Online payment platform modifies its acceptable use policy to get stricter with violators.
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Bounces Pa. Online Child Porn Law A federal court today struck down a Pennsylvania state law requiring Internet service providers to block access to Web sites that contain child pornography.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Gets Tough on Spyware, P2P Piracy Judiciary Committee wants to slam prison door on peer-to-peer music swappers, spyware purveyors.
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