Social Issues

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

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InternetNews January 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia.
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Trojan Exploits Windows DRM Anti-Virus and security vendor Panda Labs is reporting the discovery of a threat that takes advantage of Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM).
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Tim Gray	Tsunami Donations Skyrocket Online The tsunami that killed more than 150,000 people and pulverized the coastlines of nearly a dozen nations has also brought out unprecedented use of the Internet.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Tim Gray	FBI Warns of Tsunami Charity Scams Even in tragedy, fraudsters find a way to bilk public with Internet scams.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Roy Mark	House Revives Anti-Spyware Bill California Republican Mary Bono predicts her legislation will pass both the House and Senate in 2005.
Reason January 2005 Charles Paul Freund	Allah My Children An arabic-language soap opera was pulled after a Web site that often features messages from Islamist extremists carried a threat against everyone involved with the show.
InternetNews January 5, 2005 Jim Wagner	Netcraft Toolbar Targets Phishing Sites The tool, which is available for Internet Explorer (IE) users, is essentially an Internet community "Neighborhood Watch" that warns users off from URLs believed to host phishing sites, in order to prevent them from handing over sensitive information there.
InternetNews January 4, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Wins Round Against 'Spyware' King Deal with trade commission prevents Sanford Wallace from distributing or publishing spyware code until federal case is settled.
InternetNews January 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	EFF Throws Support to 'Anonymous' Internet Project The group decides to sponsor an open source project that protects Internet users from online surveillance.
Managed Care December 2004 Michael S. Victoroff	The Organ Trail: Matching Supply, Demand You can buy just about anything on the Internet these days -- including lifesaving body parts. Where do we draw the line?
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