Social Issues

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

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InternetNews March 9, 2007 Clint Boulton	SEC Cracking Down on Spam 'Pump and Dump' The SEC has suspended securities trading of 35 companies as part of a new crackdown on market manipulation via spam.
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 Robert Losinski	Patrolling Web 2.0 As the internet grows more complex, districts need more than a conventional filter to protect tech-savvy students from unsafe online content.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Clint Boulton	Bet You Don't Know Who I Really Am When it comes to the Internet, consumers' finances are cannon fodder for opportunistic thieves.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 Tim Beyers	Quick Take: Watch Out for Killer Video Games Another tragic death in China could change the way we view the computer screen.
PC Magazine March 6, 2007	No Peeking at Suspect E-Mail Don't peek at the pictures in spam e-mails. If you look, you're potentially giving personal information to the sender and, of course, inviting more spam.
CFO March 1, 2007 Esther Shein	Six Degrees of Irritation Business executives are increasingly turning to social-networking sites to pitch potential partners, make introductions, or pry away employees. But it's hard to know if the person on the other end of the E-mail is who he says he is.
Wired March 2007 Annalee Newitz	Herding the Mob On the Web, we let strangers tell us who to trust, what to read, and where to go. Which means your good name can be worth real money. And reputation hacking can be big business.
PC World February 26, 2007 Robert McMillan	Phishing Sites Explode on the Web Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.
PC World February 21, 2007 Ryan Singel	Zero-Day Malware Attacks You Can't Block No matter how diligently you patch your PC, it may still be vulnerable during the first hours of a previously unseen attack. Here's what you should know about zero-day hazards and the security holes they exploit.
PC World February 21, 2007 Erik Larkin	Don't Let Bad Guys Pose as You Flaws let attackers trick a Web site into providing your personal information.
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