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News: November 2000
This archive stores the news items that appeared on the front page
of the Online Policy Group in reverse chronological order.
You may also go to the
current month's archive, which
also contains links to
other past months' archives.
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Unions Pushing to Organize Thousands of
Amazon.com Workers
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The labor movement has begun a broad
campaign to unionize thousands of workers at
Amazon.com,
New York Times (may require free registration to view),
November 23, 2000.
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Carnivore Web Wiretap Report Released
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Roundup of news coverage from Wired and
New York Times, November 22, 2000.
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Software to Track E-Mail Raises Privacy Concerns
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Marketers call them pixel tags and say they are used to gauge the success of e-mail campaigns, while privacy advocates prefer a more ominous name - Web bugs,
New York Times, November 22, 2000.
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Initiative Brings Internet to Gaeltacht Regions
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Five mobile Internet access units will be travelling around Ireland
to 80 different locations, to give people, who haven't
previously used new technology, a chance to use PCs and the
Internet for the first time, ElectricNews.net,
November 21, 2000.
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AOL Boots Gay Newspaper Site
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According to a newsletter for gay and lesbian press professionals,
America Online booted a web site for Memphis-based publication The
Triangle Journal News,
PressPassQ,
November 17, 2000.
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PlanetOut and Gay.com to Merge
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The Internet's two biggest LGBT players are coming together
in a marriage that executives say will please investors and
consumers,
PlanetOut Partners, PlanetOut, and Gay.com releases plus AP, Reuters,
PlanetOut, Bay Area Reporter, Salon.com, and Philadelphia Gay
News
reports, November 15 - December 28, 2000
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Blind Ballots: Web Sites of U.S. Political Candidates Censored by Censorware
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Web sites of numerous politicians were found to be blocked by filtering
software, which is used in tens of thousands of schools
and libraries across the country,
Peacefire.org, November 7, 2000
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GOP.org Web Site Hacked
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Just hours before the polls opened on
Tuesday, a computer intruder defaced the
Republican National Committee’s Web site with
a pro-Al Gore message,
MSNBC.com and other media, November 6-8, 2000
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F.T.C. Review of AOL Deal in Final Stage
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After months of negotiations, the antitrust
review of the America Online and Time
Warner merger now enters an endgame that,
no matter its outcome, seems certain to set the
government's competition policies for the
largest Internet and telecommunications
players for years to come, New York Times, November 6, 2000
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Copyright Office Issues Unusual Rule
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The US Copyright Office said that the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998, permits people in certain circumstances to break through the
technological barriers that safeguard lists of
blocked Web sites maintained by many types of filtering software,
New York Times,
November 3, 2000.
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Free School Computers Withdrawn
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ZapMe's model of free computers for schools may fail due to
commercial intrusion into schools,
New York Times, November 2, 2000.
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