Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   The Spam That Started It All - Five years ago, a pair of lawyers pushed an advertisement out onto the Internet. Big deal? Actually, it was. That crack in the dam unleashed a cataclysm. Perspective by Ray Everett-Church. [Wired News]   The Web Privacy Seal, Take 2 - The Better Business Bureau begins stamping its own "seal of approval" on Web sites. Like Truste, the bureau hopes it can calm privacy-nervous consumers. By Chris Oakes and James Glave. [Wired News]   The Y2K Report Card - Congress gives failing grades to three federal agencies for their efforts to prepare for the Year 2000 computer glitch. But Social Security is safe, and so is nuclear power. [Wired News]   Thin Line Between Love and Hate - The ownership of godhatesfags.com is mysteriously transferred to the owner of godlovesfags.com. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]   Tobacco Industry's Smoking Gun - Millions of pages of tobacco industry strategy documents are laid bare on the Net. Among other things, they reveal plans to subvert anti-smoking legislation in California. [Wired News]   Tokyo Court KOs iMac Knock-Off - A Tokyo court issues a temporary injunction against a PC maker selling a look-alike to the iMac. A US version is still in limbo. [Wired News]   Top GOPs Hopping Mad - Republican leaders have gathered in Wyoming, and boy, are Clinton's ears burning. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Tripped Up on Commodity Tips - A federal lawsuit challenges basic regulatory principles in a case involving Web sites that dispense commodity-investment advice. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Truste Boss Plots His Course - Seasoned Internet marketing and operations pro Bob Lewin takes charge of the privacy seal program, with an eye to beefing up relationships inside the Beltway. [Wired News]   Truste Director Resigns - Susan Scott led the nonprofit group from obscurity to its current spot at the forefront of the Internet privacy self-regulation movement. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Tunis Fishes for Net Control - Tunisia is one of Africa's most wired countries, but its citizens are unable to access sites critical of the government because the president controls the ISPs. Carter Dougherty reports from Tunis. [Wired News]   Turkey-Day Crackers Arrested - Two former employees are accused of hacking into computers at Screaming Media and transferring secret business plans to their own computers. [Wired News]   Turning the Screws on Content - Forced by a new law to bar smut from their networks, Australian Internet service providers must now cope with a tangle of proxies, filtering programs, and enforcement guidelines. Analysis by Stewart Taggart. [Wired News]   UK Bans Porn Made in the USA - A British judge rules that adult Web sites in the United States are subject to British anti-porn laws. Privacy advocates are concerned. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   UK E-Commerce: Mind the Gap - Britain is lagging far behind the United States in its effort to build an e-commerce empire. A law that would let Britannia rule is a political peat bog. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   UK Ex-Spy Denies Posting List - "I'm innocent," claims a British ex-spy who made headlines this week by threatening to distribute a list of UK spies via the Internet. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   UK May Loosen Crypto Rules - A new UK government electronic commerce roadmap relaxes a once hard-line stance on scrambled communications. So why that secret meeting? Wendy Grossman reports from London. [Wired News]   UK's Royal Mail Does E-Commerce - The centuries-old institution introduces a secure document technology service aimed at the business sector. British consumers will likely be next in line. By Wendy Grossman. [Wired News]   UN Discusses Y2K Preparations - A UN summit discusses Y2K on an international scale. The biggest worry is that simply educating people about the Y2K problem could cause panic. [Wired News]   UN Proposes Global Email Tax - A United Nations group proposes that nations place a levy on email to fund Internet infrastructure in developing nations. By Katie Dean. [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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