Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Aussies Sound Smut Alert - The Australian government invites community-minded citizens to ferret out Net porn. Also: A Japanese court sends a man to jail for posting porn online in the United States. [Wired News]   Australia Poised to Bury Porn - Legislation that would impose severe financial penalties on Internet service providers hosting adult Web sites is close to becoming law. If that happens, Australia will have one of the toughest online anti-porn laws in the world. [Wired News]   Australia: We Can Block Porn - The government minister behind a controversial Australian anti-pornography bill defends the legislation, which he says is a "non-issue" in Silicon Valley. A Wired News interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Australian Net Censor Law Passes - In passing a sweeping law that seeks to bar offensive content from the Internet, Australia joins nations such as China and Iran with strict rules about what can be seen online. Stewart Taggart reports from Canberra, Australia. [Wired News]   Bad Advice - A public-interest law firm takes on an obscure federal agency. At stake is whether people ought to be penalized for expressing their views about commodity markets online. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Ballmer: Linux Is Threat to MS - In a speech at a Windows hardware conference, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer noted that the underdog operating system may not stay that way for long. [Wired News]   Bank Plan May be Doomed - A House Committee voted Thursday to kill a controversial plan by the government to monitor individuals' banking activities. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Barksdale Resigns from Tax Panel - In a move aimed at heading off a potential lawsuit, the Netscape CEO steps down from a government-appointed tax panel. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Battening COPA's Hatches - The government and the plaintiffs in the hearing on the anti-porn law both want to shut courtroom doors to protect testimony. The case stalls as both sides consider their options. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]   Beating Around the Bush - A site lampooning George W. Bush's campaign isn't going over too well with the presidential hopeful. And Bush wants the Federal Elections Commission to look into it. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Belgrade Satellite Link Safe - The Clinton administration has decided not to sever the link that allows Serbian ISPs to operate, saying that the Internet can only help the people of Yugoslavia know the truth. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Big Brother Is Your Friend - Science fiction writer David Brin looks forward to the day when surveillance cameras will be ubiquitous. All in the name of freedom. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]   Big Brother Taps the Bitstream - Attendees at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference delve into how governments are listening in on their people in Russia, Austria, and yes, the United States. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Big Brother at the Bank? - The government's proposal for having banks report large deposits into individual accounts -- the so-called Know Your Customer plan -- is drawing heavy fire from everywhere. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Big Guns on a Little Bug - US armed forces are taking no chances on the world's Y2K readiness. Troops are already training for an emergency that may never occur. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Bill Restricts Wireless Wiretaps - A measure to restrict electronic eavesdropping clears its first hurdle in Congress. Privacy advocates say it misses the point. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Bill Swats Millennium Bug - An industry-backed bill limiting Y2K liability lawsuits clears the Senate Judiciary Committee. The measure caps punitive damages at US$250,000. [Wired News]   Bills Would Fence Off the Facts - Database owners with big bucks want protection for their goods. But will the US Constitution allow them to privatize public information and ideas? By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   BlueOvalNews.com Wins in Court - A federal court says a nursing student can continue to post internal documents about Ford autos and trucks on his Web site, as long as he reveals their source. [Wired News]   Book Pulls MS Off the Hook - Microsoft's anti-trust attorneys could do a lot worse than to take the advice of a new book by a couple of free-market economists. By Declan McCullagh. [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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