Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Douglas MacMillan	Facebook's Online Identity War It's trying to be the standard for online ID in ways that are making privacy advocates nervous.
InternetNews December 17, 2009	Microsoft Tech Helps Nix Illicit Child Images PhotoDNA aids researchers and child safety advocates in hunting down exploitative images on the Web.
CIO December 16, 2009 Robert McMillan	Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering How hackers can steal your data.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Adrian Rush	Cyber-Shaming 2, Customer Service 0 The power of the Web teaches Sears a valuable lesson.
InternetNews December 15, 2009	CA Warns Enterprises of 'Malvertising' in 2010 An increase in online scams and attacks on the Apple Mac platform are in store for the coming year.
InternetNews December 14, 2009	Security Firm Finds Spammers Thriving in U.S. McAfee's December spam report finds spammers are still operating with relative impunity despite looming six-year anniversary of FTC's Can-Spam Act.
Search Engine Watch December 14, 2009 Erik Qualman	Is Social Media Privacy an Oxymoron? Social media has forever changed the way we live. Businesses and individuals must focus on their strengths, have fun, and use common sense to thrive.
InternetNews December 11, 2009	Feds Cite Child Safety Hazards on Virtual Worlds Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms
InternetNews December 10, 2009	Facebook Users Still Upset at Security Changes New controls may expose even more personal data to the Web at large, charge critics.
InternetNews December 10, 2009	Critics Blast Facebook's Latest Privacy Overhaul Advocates warn that new privacy controls will lead to inadvertent sharing of information.
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