Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1997 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Aussie Netizens Fight Censorship Proposal - The government wants to put ISPs in charge of making sure that material hosted on their servers is wholesome and legal. Opponents say it's a bizarre burden. [Wired News]   Australia, IT, and the Queen - Oz debates whether it needs its ancient tie to British monarchy. The info-tech industry's voice - including that of a "multicultural multimedia" candidate for the nation's constitutional convention - is of growing significance. [Wired News]   Australian ISPs Battle Copyright Onus - An Australian copyright-holders group, emboldened by a court victory forcing a national telephone company to pay royalties for 'on-hold music,' is demanding that ISPs collect copyright fees for music served online. [Wired News]   Austrian ISPs Go Dark to Protest Cop Raid - Providers promise to go offline for two hours Tuesday to register displeasure with a raid that shut down a Vienna ISP. [Wired News]   B'Nai Brith Conference Targets Online Hate - Despite pressing concerns about anti-Semites, racists, and other champions of hatred roaming free in cyberspace, many question whether the nature of the Net necessarily defeats attempts to limit such messages. [Wired News]   BBS Operator Loses Double-Jeopardy Appeal - In the latest act of a landmark online pornography case, a federal appeals court rules that simultaneous prosecutions of a California BBS operator did not violate the Constitution's ban on double jeopardy. [Wired News]   Backlash Prompts Suspension of Basque Site - Outrage over the ETA guerrilla group's assassination of a local politician has overflowed onto the Net with protesters launching spam and mailbomb attacks on the ISP that hosts the group. [Wired News]   Banks' Crypto Permit Not as Free as It Looks - The Commerce Department sanctions use of unlimited-length encryption keys, without key escrow, for electronic financial transactions. But the Clinton administration's policy really hasn't loosened much. [Wired News]   Better Living through Technology - Software that helps kids understand the Net? A concept that makes blocking software look primitive. [Wired News]   Bi-Partisan Group Seeks to Slash Telecom Pork - A quasi-government entity helps telecom companies expand overseas, but some say its just corporate welfare. [Wired News]   Bid to Soften Crypto Bill's Penalties - After civil libertarians complain that House encryption legislation creates an ill-defined new criminal category, an amendment seeks to narrow the focus to those who knowingly use cryptography to break the law. [Wired News]   Big Brother by the Bay? - An Oakland, California, proposal to set up a network of closed-circuit cameras to keep watch over high-crime areas - and programs like it elsewhere - raise concerns among civil libertarians. [Wired News]   Big Software Tax Break in Budget Package - A 5 percent credit on overseas sales was sought as a 'field leveler' by the industry but is eliciting howls of 'corporate welfare' from critics. [Wired News]   Bill Aims to Shield Kids from Net Marketers - The bill being introduced into Congress would make it illegal for a marketer to sell information about little Johnny. [Wired News]   Bill Would Let Candidates Accept Free Net Accounts - Candidates for federal office would get their email for free, thanks to CompuServe and other providers. [Wired News]   Bill Would Put Physicians' Histories Online - California legislation that aims to protect the public by putting doctors' educational, malpractice, and disciplinary records online moves ahead despite being diluted. [Wired News]   Bills on Way to Stop IRS File Snooping - After an investigation shows continuing laxness in the Internal Revenue Service's management of taxpayer files, Congress is ready to act. [Wired News]   Blazing the Trail to the New Economy - John Doerr and Jim Barksdale, made men in Silicon Valley, kick off a postmodern political-action committee that puts education and litigation reform at the top of its agenda. [Wired News]   Blocking Rays and Assigning Domains - A group of firms signing up as domain registrars includes novices like a California sunscreen company. Critics wonder what's going on. [Wired News]   Bored with Inaugural? Try Tech Playground - Conceived as a showcase for the bridge to the 21st century, this 'virtual bridge' allows ordinary people to send messages to the president. [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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