CIVIL LIBERTIES
Will The Hunt For Terrorists Target Electronic Privacy? (WSJ)
Groups Endorse Statement In Defense of Freedom (Epic)
Hearings on Anti-Terrorism Bills (House)
MEDIA & SOCIETY
New Look for Entertainment in a Terror-Conscious World (NYT)
Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia
(CHE)
INTERNET
AOL Opens Time Warner Cables To Rival ISP Earthlink in Ohio (WSJ)
The Search for Intelligent Life on the Internet (NYT)
CIVIL LIBERTIES
WILL THE HUNT FOR TERRORISTS TARGET ELECTRONIC PRIVACY?
Issue: Privacy
The special interest online privacy group, the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, has the dicey job of advocating a free Internet without
appearing callous to issues of national security. In the aftermath of
September 11th's attacks in New York and D.C., the government is angling to
impose rules that will tether perhaps the most important characteristic of
the Internet: its ability to let individuals and communities connect with
few international or legal barriers. The EFF has been one of the most
uncompromising groups on the security of this freedom and other free
Internet tenets. In the past years the stance of the organization has seen
out of step with an increasingly market-driven Internet. But, under new
leadership, and in these new times, the organization's philosophy is timely.
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Kara Swisher]
(http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB100128473758850080.htm)
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GROUPS ENDORSE STATEMENT IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM
Issue: Privacy
A broad coalition of civil liberties, religious, consumer, and other
advocacy groups has organized to defend American freedoms in the wake of
terrorist attacks against the country. The coalition released a ten-point
statement at a National Press Club event that urges legislators to consider
new proposals calmly and deliberately and to protect the civil liberties
that define the American way of life. The statement has been endorsed by
over 150 organizations, 300 law professors, and 40 computer scientists.
Members of the public are also encouraged to endorse the statement.
[SOURCE: Epic]
(http://www.indefenseoffreedom.org/)
HOUSE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON ANTI-TERRORISM BILLS
Issue: Privacy
Today, the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the
Administration's Draft Anti-Terrorism Act (Monday, September 24, 2001,
2:00pm, House Judiciary Committee, Room 2141 Rayburn). On Tuesday, September
25, 2001 there is a scheduled markup of the "Anti-Terrorism" Bill, at
10:30am in Senate Judiciary Committee, Room 226 Dirksen.
[SOURCE: U.S. House of Representatives]
(http://www.house.gov/judiciary/schedule.htm)
MEDIA & SOCIETY
SCHOLARS QUESTION THE IMAGE OF THE INTERNET AS A RACE-FREE UTOPIA
Issue: Media & Society
On the old Internet no one knew if you were a dog, but the new Internet is
increasingly visual, bringing into question the belief that the medium is a
place where racial differences are erased. Rather than curbing racism,
cyberspace may be perpetuating racial stereotypes for some users, a growing
number of scholars say. "When we deal with people face to face, the first
thing we see is race," says Kal