Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   FCC to Bells, GTE: Open Up - The FCC is pushing for more competition by ordering regional phone carriers to allow access to their equipment to new companies. [Wired News]   FIDNET Under Review - The Clinton administration responds to criticism of FIDNET, its planned surveillance system for government computers, by promising a legal review the plan's privacy implications. [Wired News]   FTC Asked to Halt Pentium III - Privacy groups are soliciting an unusual source -- the federal government -- to help protect consumer privacy. A complaint filed with the FTC crashes Intel's Pentium III party. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   FTC Critics: Go Slow on Privacy - Congressional leaders and the Small Business Administration say new online privacy restrictions place an undue burden on small businesses. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   FTC Slaps Health Sites - The Federal Trade Commission tells several health Web sites to stop touting miracle cures for cancer and other diseases. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   FTC Spanks Kids Site on Privacy - The Federal Trade Commission enters into a proposed settlement with the company behind Young Investor, a site designed to teach kids about investing. The site gets its knuckles rapped for breaking its promises. By James Glave. [Wired News]   FTC and Intel Call Off Trial - At the 11th hour, the Federal Trade Commission and the world's largest chip company reach a tentative agreement to call off the antitrust case. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   FTC, Intel Bury the Hatchet - In its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Intel agrees to share technical information fairly -- even with those companies that it is fighting in court. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   FTC: Hands Off Net Privacy - The Federal Trade Commission says online privacy may be important, but new laws are not the answer. Consumer advocates are hopping mad. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas - Hackers are in Sin City to share secrets, party at all-night raves, and try to figure out who among the T-shirted crowd is actually a snooping federal agent. Polly Sprenger reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   Federal Site Yanks Truste Seal - A US government Web site yanks a Truste privacy seal, apparently responding to concerns that the program doesn't jibe with a federal privacy law. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Feds Accuse MS of Falsification - The sluggish Microsoft antitrust trial goes turbo when a government lawyer accuses the firm of manipulating videotaped evidence in a courtroom demo. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Feds Lose Billions on Y2K - A new General Accounting Office report says federal agencies have let billions of dollars earmarked for Y2K repairs slip through their fingers. [Wired News]   Feds Plan Y2K Spin Control - The government preps a public-relations campaign to calm those jittery Americans who might be looking nervously toward Y2K. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Feds Tackle Online Privacy - Everyone seems to agree that online privacy needs to be protected. The sticking point is how safeguards are to be implemented and who should be responsible for them. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Feds Urge Net Gambling Ban - A federal commission says the Net gambling ban should continue. The two-year study suggests that Congress pass laws to deal with financial institutions that work with illegal casinos. [Wired News]   Feds' PR Can't Dispel Y2K Jitters - Despite the US government's (sometimes forked) reassurances that all will be well come 1 January 2000, many Americans are planning for Y2K disasters. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Fidnet Eases Up on Net Plan - The government's controversial surveillance network won't pry into private business "or the Internet in general," says the DOJ. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   First-Hand Lesson in Censorship - A student at Southern Utah University is booted out of the computer lab for viewing a site about Adolf Hitler. She says she was doing research. The university said she was violating the school's Internet policy. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Florida Court Airs Trial on Web - A high-profile Florida case is the first to be broadcast on the Web by the judicial system itself, and experts say this ushers in a new era of access to the trial process. [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 34 35 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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