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The Net: A Web of hatred?
News The report was compiled by the ADL's Internet Monitoring Unit, which researches online activity by hate groups. John McCain did point to hate sites in his bill mandating the use of software filters for schools receiving federal Internet subsidies...
[June 24, 1999, 10:07]
AOL faces hate speech issue...maybe
News Gay rights groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and an anti-hate speech organisation recently decried a move by AOL to delete a gay member's self-authored online profile because it included the phrase "submissive bottom.
[November 3, 1999, 14:18]
eBay to ban sale of hate items
News After coming under pressure from outside groups such as the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, California-based eBay, last year, banned the sale of items that promote hate groups such as the Klan and the Aryan Nation, except those with historical value.
[May 4, 2001, 8:51]
AT&T exec: Net is full of hate
News We are also concerned that they will be exposed at a tender age to the 2100 online hate groups that now enjoy a solid platform from which to spew their distorted views," he said. But when Leo Hindery, president and CEO of AT&T Broadband and...
[August 25, 1999, 9:30]
Political hackers are modern freedom fighters
News Mobbs says that the term "Hacktivism" has been adopted by so many different groups, from peaceful Net campaigners to Internet hate groups, that it is essentially meaningless, but claims that Internet protest is here to stay.
[March 8, 2001, 12:10]
Spielberg foundation sets up Holocaust Web site
News The online sale of hate-related materials, ranging from anti-Semitic books to Ku Klux Klan cloaks, has repeatedly drawn criticism from anti-hate groups and has led sites such as eBay and Yahoo! A Steven Spielberg-backed foundation launched a Web...
[February 15, 2002, 12:00]
Hate site distorts King's dream
News Stormfront has been online since 1995 and is considered by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a non-profit organisation which tracks hate groups, as of the biggest purveyors of hate on the Net. It's a new tactic for white supremacist groups on the...
[January 26, 2000, 12:20]
US Report: "HateFilter" tackles racist sites
News HateFilter represents an attempt to "counter hate speech with more speech," said Mark Edelman, the ADL's director of marketing, during a demonstration of HateFilter. ADL officials stressed that parents will have to choose to install HateFilter, so...
[November 12, 1998, 14:29]
Did FBI informant turn to the 'dark side'?
News They certainly seem to have a love-hate relationship with [hackers]. It is love-hate. The case illustrates the often awkward love-hate relationship between hackers and law enforcement agencies. In fact, the two groups need each other, according to...
[July 13, 2000, 14:00]
New global treaty could pose threat to the Net
News must block French citizens' access to online auctions of Nazi memorabilia on its US-based site or face fines of $14,000 per day because the items violated France's hate-speech laws. However, few of those groups managed to insert major changes in a...
[June 22, 2001, 15:43]
Bloggers weigh in on Skype takeover
News I hate myself for saying this, but there's a 'synergy' there. The buddy list, collaboration, instant messaging, and communication features of Skype allow customers to create communities of interest, especially around the various areas highlighted...
[September 13, 2005, 9:05]
Opinion: Yahoo!'s awkward corner
News The upside to this is the way it can unite people behind good causes and bring groups together against oppressive laws, but the downside is there are also plenty of sites and images dedicated to hate.
[July 25, 2000, 16:57]
French groups appeal in Yahoo Nazi case
News The appeal is only the latest action in the battle over Nazi- and hate-related material on Yahoo and other Web sites. In their appeal, the organisations argue that the District Court has no jurisdiction over them because they had no presence in San...
[December 6, 2001, 11:53]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog The result is things like Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, which I think is rather nice (and a huge improvement over UNR 9.04), Moblin, which I absolutely hate but apparently it is very good for other types of users, and the KDE netbook version, which...
[October 28, 2009, 8:43]
ICANN comes under fire - again
News At stake, longtime ICANN watchers say, is nothing short of the future of the organisation that Net insiders love to hate. Lawmakers are calling for hearings, consumer groups are up in arms, and directors are attacking each other in increasingly...
[April 2, 2002, 11:28]
DEF CON: Fear and fascination in Las Vegas
News While speakers occasionally stabbed at the media, the hackers recognised their love-hate relationship with publicity. Other groups traded information, access and techniques away from the main conference room and the clusters of media and government...
[August 4, 1998, 14:09]
High Tech for Hard Times - Part Three Software for your Hardware
Blog Bento - really the database for the rest of us who hate compliling but need a database * Today's talk is all of Cloud Computing stuff and with Google offering all sort of free stuff that is one way to go, but be aware for example of Google...
[October 6, 2008, 15:47]
Microsoft blesses VM technology
News The Microsoft love/hate VM relationship Some groups have embraced VMware technology, even sending out advance demonstrations to the Microsoft field using the technology. In late February, Microsoft acquired technology that could significantly...
[March 11, 2003, 8:25]
Bush backs international cybercrime plan
News An addition to the Council of Europe's cybercrime treaty would ban "hate speech" from the Internet, a common prohibition in European nations that violates the US Constitution's First Amendment. So have industry groups such as Americans for Computer...
[November 19, 2003, 9:00]
WordPerfect Mail review
Reviews This comes in handy for those of us who hate organizing email into folders -- for whom an inbox is synonymous with a dumping ground. The WordPerfect Mail Smart Groups wizard makes it easy to manage your RSS subscriptions and online mailing or...
[September 21, 2005, 13:20]
