Internet stories...

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Some stories to peruse...

David

Coalition hopes to get Net sites rated
Hollywood rates its movies. Music labels warn listeners of explicit
lyrics. Television tells viewers when shows contain sexual themes,
violence or foul language.
But how many people know that the Internet has ratings, too, and that
the major Web browsers are built to understand them?
 http://www.jsonline.com/bym/tech/news/apr01/labels17041601.asp

Mahathir denounces 'absolute' freedom of the Internet 
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad denounced the principle of
absolute press freedom on the Internet Tuesday, saying he had seen
messages posted that urged people to kill him.

http://www.uniontrib.com/news/computing/20010417-0553-malaysia-mah.html

Yahoo fights hate through empty ad space 
Yahoo, an online portal long criticized for running forums for racist
groups, is donating hundreds of millions of free ads to five
charitable causes, including racial tolerance.
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5631609.html
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/012319.htm

California lawmakers OK Net gambling ban 
A state Assembly committee Monday approved a bill that would ban
Internet gambling in California. 
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5631392.html

Senator Raises Privacy as Federal Web Site Issue
Dozens of Web sites run by the federal government continue to violate
consumer privacy rules put into effect by the Clinton administration,
a United States senator said yesterday. 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/17/technology/17PRIV.html


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