EFF "Spamming, Cybersquatting, Net Abuse and Online Social Responsibility" Archive

Files in this Archive

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Spam/: Directory of info on mass e-advertising ("spamming" as it's commonly known), and other related forms of Net abuse.
Cybersquatting/: Director 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

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.

~~http://www.domainnamenews.com~~ (no longer active) domainnamenews.com This news site: is for all areas of domain name brokerage, with news on law and disputes. An Interesting service.
Internet Fraud Watch
Internet Engineering Task Force: "Responsible Use of the Net" Working Group
Information Ethics: An academic website that explores ethics in the information age.
The Children and Armed Conflict Unit (C&ACU): has been set up by the Children's Legal Centre, an independent NGO, and the Human Rights Centre, an academic centre, at the University of Essex. The new Unit was established in 1997 to carry on the work of Graca Machel, the former UN expert on the impact of armed conflict on children.