Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool November 9, 2009 Tim Beyers	You've Been Rickrolled, Apple Singer Rick Astley's mug is appearing on iPhones in Australia thanks to ikee, an invasive bit of software code. Apple needs to get ahead of this issue, and soon.
InternetNews November 5, 2009	Does the Internet Really Wreck Your Social Life? New study seeks to debunk notion that always-on connectivity leads to offline isolation.
InternetNews November 4, 2009	'Jailbroken' Dutch iPhones Held for iRansom Hacker sends an unremovable message to jailbroken iPhones demanding cash for instructions to remove the hack.
InternetNews November 3, 2009	'Scareware' and Worms Top Corporate Threat List Despite headway, IT still has their security work cut out for them.
Search Engine Watch November 2, 2009 Erik Qualman	Banning Social Media Is Counterproductive Just as we now look back on the movie "Footloose" as being rather silly, the same will probably apply to the social media site bans at work and in schools.
PC Magazine November 1, 2009 John C. Dvorak	Lost Productivity Lament BlackBerry users are glued to the screen 24/7 looking for new e-mail from anyone as if life and death depended on it.
AskMen.com	Sunday Morning: Now Easier The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services.
InternetNews October 30, 2009	Facebook Wins $711M in 'Spam King' Lawsuit Judge grants default judgment against Sanford Wallace for "false and misleading" e-mails on social networking site.
InternetNews October 29, 2009	Two-Headed Trojan Targets Online Banks New Trojan uses "two-pronged payload" to swipe log-in information, steal electronic funds.
Search Engine Watch October 26, 2009 Ron Jones	Internet Law 101, Part 2 Learn the basics about copyrighting your Web site content, Web agreements, privacy policy issues, and domain issues including cybersquatting, typosquatting, hijacking, and transfer fraud.
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