Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   The Deregulation Paradox - As nations around the world rush to privatize and deregulate their telecom industries, they'd do well to look at what happened in Chile. [Wired News]   The Digital Divide - A Commerce Department report shows slow progress toward universal Internet access, particularly among US minorities and the poor. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   The FBI's Wish List - A conservative Republican says the FBI is trying to railroad a series of measures through Congress that would considerably broaden the agency's surveillance powers. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   The FCC's Reverse Entrepreneur - After three years with Internet start-up NetNoir, Marcelino Ford-Livene has taken on an even bigger challenge -- quenching America's thirst for bandwidth. [Wired News]   The Future of Gene Sequencing - The man who wants to take the Human Genome Project private tells a House subcommittee that his new venture shouldn't keep the federal government from continuing its funding. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   The Golden Age of Hacktivism - As the Web becomes another soapbox for spin doctors, it also becomes a platform for politically motivated crackers with Unix smarts and an ax to grind. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   The Government Has Our Numbers - Critics fear that a Department of Transportation plan to verify Social Security numbers for ID purposes is one more step toward an omnipotent government. By Lori Patel. [Wired News]   The Great Pink-Out - Opponents of a recently passed Senate bill are tinting their Web sites to protest what they say is the promotion of unsolicited bulk email. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]   The Jackpot from Hell - A US senator prepares to save the nation's youth from the newest threat to their innocence: online gaming. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   The Library Lawsuit - A Virginia county library restricts Internet access, causing one retired teacher to fight for the right to surf freely. [Wired News]   The Media Rant Movie Marathon, Part II - As Katz's movie marathon continues, Titanic rules, Tomorrow Never Dies drools, and Amistad plays us for fools. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Change? Phooey! - Less than a year after the US Supreme Court rejected the Communications Decency Act, a senator is taking another whack at censoring the Internet. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Europe on the Offense - The European Commission plans to adopt voluntary codes of conduct for European ISPs and online publishers, and encourage them to use content rating and filtering systems. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Meet the New Boss - A changing of the guard recently took place at the FCC. Here's a who's who of the regulatory commission's new roster. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Patent Rending - A quiet storm is brewing over plans to change American patent law. [Wired News]   The Netizen: The Electronic Voice of America - The VOA is turning to email to transmit news and information into China, where its shortwave broadcasts are routinely jammed. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Database Debacle - Publishing giants are lobbying Congress to pass a bill that would broaden database intellectual property rights, and sharply curtail use of information in the public domain. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Do Not Pass Go - Law enforcement officials have found an unexpected bounty in New York's commuter-friendly E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system: auto surveillance information. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Drudge Match - Cyberspace doesnt render libel law obsolete. But to preserve free speech and a vibrant press, its time to rethink how the law is applied. [Wired News]   The Netizen: Fixing the Numbers - The Federal Communications Commission is taking steps to stamp out fun and games - and perhaps illegal collusion - during spectrum auctions. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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