... experience is very much similar to that of chatting with work colleagues through "E conferencing" in which a work meeting can be held over the internet where each participant can be viewed through web cams. The meeting is held in each of their homes but nowhere at the same time. The whole internet is based on this principle in which the information is stored every ... ...
... to take action because they fear that it will effect this new medium of information. It also doesn't want to effect freedom of speech. "The US Supreme Court has long held that in most circumstances, free expression deserves the highest standard of constitutional protection. Thus, anytime the government wants to restrict speech it must give a compelling reason for it" (Kolbert, Mettger ... Online Protection Act. This act mandates the use of blocking technology on public libraries, however no existing technology effectively protects children against the harmful material on the Internet. J...
... to only be 35% female. CompuServe, as second largest, estimates to only have between 10% and 17%. (Broadhurst 80) Both services have well over two million subscribers and cater to homes and businesses respectively, yet are remarkably monopolized by the male gender. America OnLine, though it is the fastest growing service and earning a reputation for being remarkably easy to use, is ... attempting to join a Star Trek .Such harassment is not surprising when one considers that the Internet environment is almost exclusively male and that participants are at least partially anonymous and hel...
