Open Directory - Society: Issues: Science and Technology: Computers: Internet
See also: This category in other languages: - Text of 1998 House Report 105-775 from EPIC. - John Perry Barlow's Declaration "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather...." - On site information and links to electronic privacy resources from Cornell University's Computer Policy and Law Program. - In-depth narrative explains what exactly the FBI's Carnivore is, where it came from, how it works, and what its purpose is, with many related links. - Homepage link to information about privacy, spam, and issues concerning data quality. - Research about the Internet's impact on communities. Includes reports and polls. - Information on understanding the nature of the debate over ICANN and internet governance. - The mission of W.H.O.A. is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments. - Research project for the study of the web from an epistemological standpoint: relevance, authority and epistemic deference, democratization of knowledge, distributed cognition. - List of news and discussion groups for women interested in the digital divide based on gender. - Cincinnati, Ohio has put public documents online at courtclerk.org, and this has had a divisive impact on the community. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.] (September 05, 2002) - Pop-up windows have earned the scorn of readers, who say they find the ads' multiplying images annoying. iVillage, a network of Web sites for women, says it is heeding its readers' complaints and plans to eliminate most pop-up advertising by Sept. 30, 2002 on all its sites. (July 29, 2002)
