Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1996 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Parolees' Internet Access Restricted, But Will it Work? - But even a Department of Justice spokesman says the tight new restrictions imposed on "high-risk" parolees will be difficult to enforce. [Wired News]   Poverty, not TV, is the Real Kid-Killer - Jon Katz feels the idea that properly raised children would turn murderous or immoral through exposure to television, music, or films would be a dumb joke, if it weren't a central idea of both major political parties. [Wired News]   Putting Digital TV Pact into Focus - A behind-the-scenes tale featuring a flu bug that forced a compromise between computer and TV lobbyists. [Wired News]   Read My Modem: No New Taxes? - The Treasury Department opposes taxing cyberspace transactions. [Wired News]   Reporters Aren't Cops - Jon Katz believes it's an arrogant and unilateral expansion of the journalistic mandate for reporters to play a law-enforcement role. [Wired News]   Scapegoating Children Won't Solve Grown-Up Problems - A new book by Mike Males examines America's war on adolescents [Wired News]   South Dakota Censorship? Not Really - Native American activists are crying censorship, but others say they're crying wolf. [Wired News]   Study: Majority of Large US Firms Hacked - A government study shows that nearly 60 percent of large US companies' computer systems have been hacked. But partisan shifts may prevent action. [Wired News]   Supreme Court May Decide CDA Fate This Week - The high court plans to discuss two cases regarding free speech and press on the Internet in sessions Friday, and possibly combine the two. [Wired News]   Supreme Court Will Hear CDA Case - The US Supreme Court will hear the landmark case, which could affect how the Internet is regulated. [Wired News]   Surf While You Can: The End of Unlimited Net Access at Work - Surfing sites of personal interest at work is going the way of 976 numbers. [Wired News]   TV Broadcasters Positioned to Become ISPs - Michael B. Grebb looks down the slippery slope of allowing broadcasters to send data through television. [Wired News]   Tech Giants Unveil Crypto Framework - But many wonder how seriously it addresses the basic issue of privacy. [Wired News]   Tech Talks Loom as US Trade Deficit with China Balloons - The US trade deficit widens as President Clinton prepares to sit down with China over computer trade issues. [Wired News]   The French Say Non to English-Language Web Site - Two nonprofits dedicated to the preservation of the French language in France are suing an American university with a campus in Lorraine over its English-language Web site. [Wired News]   The Next Generation GOP Rallies to Action - Though struggling to reinvent itself, the Republican Party at least has rising stars to watch. [Wired News]   The Thai Cost of Business: Net Access Isn't Cheap - The Bangkok Post recently found out (the hard way) that reasonably priced Net access is still a foreign concept to most folks around the world. [Wired News]   US Copyright Proposals Tread on Rights? - Proposals to be submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization aim to protect copyrights, but may affect the democratic flow of information. [Wired News]   WIPO Agrees on Intellectual Rights Treaties - The two agreements reached in Geneva will have a broad effect on artists, writers, and musicians on the Web, as well as on libraries, Net surfers, and ISPs. [Wired News]   WTO Accord May Mean Lower Prices Abroad, but Not in US - An agreement to drop tariffs on computer technology is not likely to lower computer prices in the United States right away, but increased competition could lead to lower prices in the future. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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