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Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
http://www.w3.org/PICS/
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
An infrastructure for associating labels (metadata) with Internet content.
"It was originally designed to help parents and teachers control what children access on the Internet, but it also facilitates other uses for labels including code signing and privacy. The PICS platform is one on which other rating services and filtering software have been built.

Internet Filtering: China (including Hong Kong)
http://opennet.net/research/profiles/china
Internet Filtering: China (including Hong Kong)
"China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world." This paper presents the research of the OpenNet Initiative, which "sought to determine the degree to which China filters sites on topics tha ...
OpenNet Initiative

Activist Toolkit
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/citizen/toolkit/
Activist Toolkit ... dedicated area (links) on the Shambles website

Computer Crime and Security
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/compcrimetb.html
Computer Crime and Security
High technology has become commonplace in today's environment, and it is no surprise that it has also found its way into the criminal domain. For a new breed of criminals, computers are rapidly becoming the "weapon of choice." There are four major categories of computer crime: internal computer crimes--trojan horses, logic bombs, trap doors, worms, and viruses; telecommunications crimes--phreaking and hacking; computer manipulation crimes that result in embezzlement and fraud; and traditional thefts of hardware and software.

10 Commandments of Computer Ethics
http://www.shambles.net/appendix/ethics/TenCommandments.ppt
10 Commandments of Computer Ethics - powerpoint presentation (140k)

Net Cafe (Download videos)
https://www.archive.org/details/netcafe
Net Cafe was the world's most widely distributed television series covering the Internet revolution during the height of the dot com boom.
The series was broadcast throughout the United States and in more than one hundred other countries for six years, from 1996 through 2002. It was hosted by Stewart Cheifet, Jane Wither, and Andrew deVries.
The weekly program went behind the scenes of the World Wide Web to meet the people and explore the culture of the new "wired" generation.
Politics on the Web | Voyeurism Online | Hackers | UFOs | Grim Reaper Web Sites | Conspiracy Theories |

The Business Software Alliance
http://www.bsa.org/GlobalHome.aspx
More than 1 of every 3 copies of software installed worldwide is pirated. Software piracy is not only a crime, but it can harm those who use it.
The Business Software Alliance is the voice of the world’s commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade, and e-commerce.

Spam and Junk email
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/junkemail/
Spam and Junk email ... dedicated area on the Shambles website

Filter Busters and VPN
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/filterbust/
Filter Busters and VPN (Virtual Private Networks) ... area (list of links) on the Shambles website.

Fraud Alert (usually email related)
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/
The Fraud Alert pages have been set up in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad as a resource to assist in combating specific types of high value fraud. Remember: "If it sounds too good to be true, then it is!"
email | fraud |