Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1997 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Timeline: The Act from Cradle to Grave - Tracing the history of the Communications Decency Act from the mind of Senator James Exon to the cramped courtroom of the nation's highest court. [Wired News]   Times Makes White House Do Smut Dance - For months, the administration has been headed resolutely toward releasing a policy paper that takes a hands-off approach to regulating Net content. But The New York Times' suggestion that President Clinton is going soft on Net porn prompts White House anxiety. [Wired News]   To Be Continued: TV Ratings Far from Settled - Everything from this point on will depend on which side lobbies the loudest and the best, Michael Grebb says. [Wired News]   To Be Young, Cyber, and Free - Peacefire.org lets kids rally for their rights online. Jon Katz observes. [Wired News]   To Jack Shafer, with Gratitude - Satisfied with his book tour, Jon Katz writes a thank-you note to his most vocal online critic. [Wired News]   Tracking Down Deadbeats Online - A woman in the business of looking for parents who have failed to provide child support says commercial look-up services make her hunts relatively simple and fast. [Wired News]   Trade Group Offers Direct-Marketing Rules - The Direct Marketing Association, which includes junk mailers, spammers, and phone-solicitation houses, gets a go-ahead from the Federal Trade Commission to try self-regulation. Observers say the attempt is too little, too late. [Wired News]   Trial and Error - Lately, the so-called Nanny Trial reminds us what the O. J. Simpson trial proved once and for all: Modern media have become an overwhelming force in our criminal justice system. [Wired News]   UK Activist: Let 1,000 Mirror Sites Bloom - The head of Britain's foremost cyber-liberties group calls for netizens worldwide to post copies of a Web-published report that local authorities are trying to quash. [Wired News]   UK Net Watchdog Wants to Rate Content - The Internet Watch Foundation, which set up a smut hotline last year, is now designing a ratings system for Web sites and Usenet groups. [Wired News]   UN Agency Drafts Charter on Human Genome - UNESCO comes up with a document that seeks to extend the principles of universal human rights to our DNA. [Wired News]   US Firms with Special Crypto OKs - A list of a half-dozen firms that have announced special permission to export cryptography products stronger than that allowed by government regulations. [Wired News]   US Patent Law Can't Cope with Human Clones - If you can patent human cells, which you can under US law, then you could patent human organs. Somewhere after that the 13th Amendment kicks in. [Wired News]   US Scientists Probe Australian Desert Mystery - US scientists conclude that a ground-shaking flash of light witnessed in the Australian outback four years ago was caused by a big, dumb extraterrestrial: a large meteorite. But where's the proof of impact? [Wired News]   US Seeks Alternative Domain-Name Plan - Dissatisfied with a new international pact, the White House impanels its own working group to amend the system, Wired News has learned. [Wired News]   US Seeks Fine, Contempt Order against Microsoft - In harsh terms, the Justice Department condemns the software giant for requiring PC makers to include Internet Explorer on their machines [Wired News]   US Seeks to Stay Court's Crypto Order - The Clinton administration, faced with a ruling that could undermine its encryption-export policy, appeals to the judge. [Wired News]   US, Mexico Cut through Pager Static - A treaty four years in the making coordinates paging-service frequencies along the border. [Wired News]   Unabom Defendant: Mad, or Just Bad? - As trial gets set to open, the drama will revolve around just what kind of person Theodore Kaczynski is. [Wired News]   Uncle Sam vs. Mr. Bill? - The coming confrontation between the US Justice Department and Microsoft Corporation demonstrates that government does, in fact, have a role to play in the Digital Revolution. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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