Spam, Cybersquatting, Net Abuse and Online Social Responsibility Archive

Subdirectories in This Archive

  • Spam
    Directory of info on mass e-advertising (or "spam", as it's commonly known), and other related forms of Net abuse.
  • Cybersquatting
    Directory of info on "cybersquatting" (abusive domain name speculation that infringes intellectual property rights), and the debate surrounding mischaracterization of legitimate domain name speculation and usage as "cybersquatting".
  • Fraud_and_biz_practices
    Directory of info on online fraud, e-scams, and better & worse Internet business practices (other than advertising - c.f. the Spam subdirectory below)
  • Foreign_and_local
    Directory of info on Net abuse issues at the foreign, state and local levels.
  • Ratings_filters_labelling
    Directory of information on Internet content filtering, labelling and rating, and monitoring of internet activity with "snoop" software

Related On-Site Resources

  • EFF Hoaxes Archive
  • Activism - Link to directory of info on
    activism, politics and government online
  • Privacy/Credit, junkmail, commercial privacy - Link to directory of info
    on online (and offline) privacy threats and interests as they relate to commercial advertising, credit ratings, junkmailing and other related issues and practices.
  • Ethnic_issues - Link to directory of info on ethnic
    and minority issues on the electronic frontier.
  • Net_culture/Gender_issues - Link to directory of info on
    gender and sexual equality issues on the electronic frontier.
  • - Hacking, cracking, phreaking - Link to directory of info
    on hacking, cracking, phone phreaking, software piracy, virus writing, and other issues surrouding responsibility and potentially harmful online activity.
  • Legal issues and cases - directory of info on the intersection of networking
    and the law, legal case documents, and related material.
  • Ratings, filters, labelling - link to directory of info
    on the development and availability of online information "filters", as well as ratings and content labelling systems and services.
  • Virtual community and netiquette - Link to directory of info on
    netiquette and other aspects of the community nature of the online experience.

Links to Related Off-Site Resources