Social Issues

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

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InternetNews September 23, 2009	Do Not Pass Go: Malware Taps Phony 'Monopoly' Unsolicited invitation to play an online version of the popular board game can turn your computer into a spam-spewing zombie.
AskMen.com	Your Past Isn't Done With You Americans who grew up long before the Internet opened private lives to the world are finding out that Facebook and other sites are bringing up things better left alone.
Wired Julian Dibbell	The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology The anonymous campaign against Scientology, better known among its participants as Project Chanology, continues to this day.
InternetNews September 18, 2009	Hackers Hit 'Curious George' on PBS Web Site Malicious code aimed to infect visitors to the site.
InternetNews September 18, 2009	Microsoft Takes 'Malvertisers' to Court Microsoft on Friday said it has sued five so-called "malvertisers" in Seattle civil court as part of an effort to stop the practice of hiding malicious code in seemingly safe online ads that instead seek to prey on users.
Search Engine Watch September 18, 2009 Marc Poirier	Click Fraud Not Dead Yet The search engines are doing a lot to counter click fraud, but there's still more to be done. They need deeper collaboration with third-party firms to reassure advertisers that their money isn't being wasted on bad clicks.
InternetNews September 16, 2009 Larry Barrett	Hackers Targeting Web 2.0 Sites at Alarming Rate Security software vendor Websense claims 95 percent of user-generated comments on blogs and message boards are either spam or contain malicious code.
InternetNews September 15, 2009	Malware Ads Hit New York Times Media company's advertising staff approved bogus Vonage ad that distributed malware.
Wired September 12, 2009 Jonah Lehrer	The Buddy System: How Medical Data Revealed Secret to Health and Happiness In September, Christakis and Fowler published their first book for a general audience, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.
InternetNews September 11, 2009	TJX Hacker Pleads Guilty to Ripping Off Millions 28-year-old hacker admits to role in largest identity-theft scam in U.S. history.
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