Closing the Digital Divide 
Provides survey and demographic information on access to the internet, as well as data on underserved populations and areas. Created by the US Department of Commerce.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/
Computer underground Digest 
A more-or-less weekly digest/newsletter/journal of debates, news, research, and discussion of legal, social, and other issues related to computer culture.
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/
How Stuff Works: How the FBI's Carnivore Works 
In-depth narrative explains what exactly the FBI's Carnivore is, where it came from, how it works, and what its purpose is, with many related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/carnivore.htm
InfoReading 
A variety of computer related issues from stopping the Motion Picture Association's fight for tougher copyrights to on-line tutorials for web page codes. Many links to other sites.
http://www.inforeading.com
Interasia - Social Usage of Internet in Asia 
Part of the Institute for Design and Technology Assessment Program headquartered in Austria. This particular organization focuses on the social impact of the Internet in Malaysia and Vietnam. Has links to news articles about other developing areas.
http://www.interasia.org/
Internet Misuse Survey 2002 
Conducted on the Personneltoday.com website during May 2002 among 544 personnel managers and officers employing an average of 2,500 staff. An analysis of the results was carried out by NSM research company.
http://www.websense.com/company/news/research/Internet_Misuse_Survey_2002.pdf
NYTimes.com - Dirty Laundry, Online for All to See 
Cincinnati, Ohio has put public documents online at courtclerk.org, and this has had a divisive impact on the community. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/technology/circuits/05CINC.html
NYTimes.com - Pop Go Those Blasted Pop-Up Ads, iVillage Decrees 
Pop-up windows have earned the scorn of readers, who say they find the ads' multiplying images annoying. iVillage, a network of Web sites for women, says it is heeding its readers' complaints and plans to eliminate most pop-up advertising by Sept. 30, 2
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/technology/29POP.html
W.H.O.A. - Working to Halt Online Abuse 
The mission of W.H.O.A. is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments.
http://www.haltabuse.org/
Web Epistemology - The Web as Distributed Knowledge 
Research project for the study of the web from an epistemological standpoint: relevance, authority and epistemic deference, democratization of knowledge, distributed cognition.
http://webepistemology.org/
Yahoo! News Full Coverage - Online Privacy 
News articles gathered from a variety of sources concerning privacy and the Internet. [Archive only, no longer maintained.]
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/Tech/Internet_Privacy
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