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Study Released on Internet Blocking in Schools, Filtering Software Overblocks and Miscategorizes Websites The Online Policy Group (OPG) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released a study documenting the effects of Internet blocking, also known as filtering, in U.S. schools. The study found that blocking software overblocked state-mandated curriculum topics extensively -- for every web page correctly blocked as advertised, one or more was blocked incorrectly, Online Policy Group and Electronic Frontier Foundation (June 23, 2003)

	Human Rights and the World Summit on the Information Society
	Online Policy Group joins a group of 43 non-governmental organizations signing a letter to the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights urging his active participation in the preparatory committee and summit meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society, taking place in September and December 2003, (June 16, 2003)

	The Ever-Shifting Internet Population
	A report providing a new look at Internet access and the digital divide, Pew Internet Project (April 16, 2003)

Sex and the Internet OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "Sex and the Internet" to the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Jose, CA, Online Policy Group (April 12, 2003)

The Great Firewall of China OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "The Great Firewall of China: Filtering, Blocking, and Government Censorship" to the annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in New York City, Online Policy Group (April 3, 2003)

	The New E-Government Equation
	This report presents the findings of a five-part study on the issue of e-government as used by U.S. citizens, conducted by Hart-Teeter on behalf of the Council for Excellence in Government and Accenture, which reports concerns over privacy, Council for Excellence in Government (Adobe pdf format) (April 1, 2003)

	How Global Is the Internet Economy?
	The Global Internet Economy, edited by Bruce Kogut, is a serious, wide-ranging examination of the technical, social and business challenges that the emergence of the Internet poses, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (March 26, 2003)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development E-commerce and Development Report 2002 Report The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), a UN trade and development agency, has released its 282-page "E-commerce and Development Report" for 2002 and an unstated assumption—-that the digital divide should be measured, explained, and understood in terms of dollar value and first world business strategies—-pervades the entire document, Emmet Cole via Online Policy Group (December 14, 2002)

	The Wireless Commons
	We have formed the Wireless Commons because a global wireless network is within our grasp, Wireless Commons (December 2, 2002)

Harmful to Minors Review

Judith Levine's "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex" is a must-read for those who seek to understand American attitudes toward sex education and childhood sexuality and for those interested in how to use the Internet to reach out to young people who are exploring their sexuality and seeking sexual health information, despite Internet filtering, University of Minnesota Press (October 17, 2002)

Special Olympics Joins California Colocation Project The California Community Colocation Project (CCCP) today announced a partnership with the Special Olympics of Northern California. CCCP, a project of the Online Policy Group, provides free hosting for computer servers from nonprofit organizations, such as the server running the Special Olympics' backend database, Online Policy Group (October 3, 2002)

	The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet-Savvy Students and Their Schools
	The American Institutes for Research was commissioned by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to conduct a qualitative study of the attitudes and behaviors of Internet-using public middle and high school students drawn from across the country, Pew Internet & American Life Project (August 14, 2002)

	Contentbank.org
	A new online resource for information, tools and people dedicated to building Internet content that works for low-income and underserved communities, The Children's Partnership (July 23, 2002)

	DemocracyGroups
	A project to create an online directory of U.S. based electronic mail discussions and e-newsletters related to social change and democratic participation, democracygroups.org (July 20, 2002)

	Motivating a Human Rights Perspective on Access to Cyberspace
	Human rights, in the words of Cees J. Hamelink, Professor of International Communication at the University of Amsterdam, provide a "universally available set of standards for the dignity and integrity of all human beings", Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (July 1, 2002)

	Dot-Force Releases Digital Divide Paper
	As the G8 countries meet in Canada, the G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force, known as the Dot-Force, has released its latest report on how governments, businesses and civil society can work together to advance human development and reduce poverty through the use of information and communications technologies, G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force (pdf file) (June 25, 2002)

	Dot-Force Releases Digital Divide Paper
	As the G8 countries meet in Canada, the G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force, known as the Dot-Force, has released its latest report on how governments, businesses and civil society can work together to advance human development and reduce poverty through the use of information and communications technologies, G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force (pdf file) (June 25, 2002)

	Bush Administration, FCC Policies Ignore, Deepen Digital Divide
	Report refutes the Bush Administration’s conclusion that the digital divide has disappeared, citing the fact that half of all Americans do not have internet access at home, Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union (Adobe pdf file) (May 30, 2002)

	Online Policy Group Keeps Palestine Activists Wired
	By working with the QueerNet project of the Online Policy Group (OPG), a BAIDO member based in San Francisco, gay Palestinians and Palestinian expatriates have been able to form a supportive online community that is at reduced risk of both persecution and logistical problems, BAIDO (May 24, 2002)

	New Colocation Project Boosts Non-Profit Internet Access
	Marking a great opportunity for non-profit ventures seeking Internet access, the Online Policy Group (OPG) today announced a new California Community Colocation Project (CCCP), Online Policy Group (December 12, 2001)

Public Libraries and the Internet 2000 The 2000 national survey of public library outlet Internet connectivity (in Adobe PDF format); a report based on research sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and conducted by John Carlo Bertot and Charles R. McClure, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (September 7, 2000)

	Community Technology Centers' Network
	A network of more than 400 community technology centers where people get access to computers and computer-related technology, such as the Internet, ctcnet.org (July 21, 2000)

Access Denied, Version 2.0: The Continuing Threat Against Internet Access and Privacy and Its Impact on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Drawing upon a wide range of contributors from diverse fields and backgrounds, Access Denied Version 2.0 also addresses issues of online privacy and the growing "digital divide" in Internet access along racial, regional and socio-economic lines, GLAAD (December 1, 1999)

	Closing the Digital Divide
	The Clinton Administration's Digital Divide website, a comprehensive clearinghouse for information about the Administration's efforts to provide all Americans with access to the Internet and other information technologies that are crucial to their economic growth and personal advancement, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (July 8, 1999)

	Moving Toward More Effective Public Internet Access
	The 1998 national survey of public library outlet Internet connectivity (in Adobe PDF format); a report based on research sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and the American Library Association and conducted by John Carlo Bertot and Charles R. McClure, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (March 1, 1999)

Barriers to the Internet: Race, Class, and Society GLAAD Executive Director Joan M. Garry's remarks to the Harvard Internet Conference, GLAAD (May 28, 1998)

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