Social Issues

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

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InternetNews January 5, 2004 Roy Mark	RIAA Lawsuits Chilling Illegal Downloads The music industry may have lost a recent round in court over its crusade against file-swapping, but a new study shows that it's got the edge in the war.
InternetNews January 5, 2004 Janis Mara	California Debuts New Online Privacy Laws New California laws mandate privacy policies and information sharing disclosure.
Fast Company January 2004 Seth Godin	You Are Your References References don't matter now that everybody's life is on the public record.
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	Ethnic Personalities Apparent Online An examination of the African-American, white, and English-speaking Hispanic Internet population revealed as much diversity online as there is offline.
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	CA Drivers: Eyes Off That Laptop If you're a California driving Web-surfer, it'd better be in the back seat after passage of AB 301.
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MSN Messenger Worm Making Rounds Jitux.A worm uses the popular IM network to spread itself.
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Janis Mara	Companies Alter Privacy Policies Many online companies have been tweaking their privacy policies.
InternetNews December 30, 2003 Michael Singer	AOL Loses Round in Spam Fight A federal judge throws out a case against a group of Florida computer technicians accused of helping spread unsolicited e-mails to AOL subscribers.
InternetNews December 29, 2003 Sean Michael Kerner	Open Source Part of Clark Campaign's 'Platform' Tech volunteers for Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark will release open source applications this week as politics and the Internet continue to grow.
Wired January 2004 Gary Wolf	How the Internet Invented Howard Dean Forget fundraising (though his opponents sure can't). The real reason the Doctor is in: He listens to the technology -- and the people who use it.
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