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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/
CorpWatch - Internet Politics 
The Internet can be an activist tool or a corporate vehicle for international trade and commerce. Here you'll find information on both sides of the Internet coin.
http://corpwatch.radicaldesigns.org/article.php?id=11296
EcoFuture Privacy Page 
A link list for privacy organizations and software. Includes listings for contact to remove your name from junk mail databases. Lots of information on cookies, censorship, proxies.
http://www.ecofuture.org/ecofuture/jmprivacy.html
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/
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. Up-to-date on issues. Internal search engine. Includes links to organizations concerned with personal privacy on the Net.
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=tech&cat=internet_privacy
ZDNet: Open Access: What's At Stake? 
Detailed analysis and forum of social, technical and legal aspects of access to broadband Internet networks.
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2305563,00.html
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