File swapping is new route for pornography on Internet

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Representatives Henry A. Waxman and Steve Largent released a report warning that online file-swapping services that use 'peer-to-peer' technology can give children and teens access to hard-core pornographic images and videos. Investigators using the seven most popular Internet filtering programs for computers found that six of the seven did not block the pornographic content. Internet Guard Dog was the only program that blocked file-sharing in its default setting. The lawmakers did not call for legislation on the issue, but they wanted to make parents aware of the situation, and Mr. Largent has written to Attorney General John Ashcroft asking for stricter enforcement of obscenity laws currently on the books.

Services, Ethical aspects, Information services, Computers and children, Pornography, Censorship, File sharing software, Obscenity (Law), Obscenity, Aimster, Peer to peer computing, Peer to peer networking

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That Parent-Child Conversation Is Becoming Instant, and Online

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Parents are discovering new ways to interact with their teenage children through instant messaging services. Many teenagers are more comfortable avoiding face-to-face communication and will be more responsive when they can use instant messages through AOL, Microsoft or Yahoo. Almost 75% of teenage online users rely on instant messaging with their friends, and parents are experiencing quicker ways to talk to their children even in the same house at the same time.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Instant messaging technology, Instant messaging

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NASA Is Urged To Widen Role For Businesses

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The President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond reports that to reach the president's goals of moon and Mars exploration, NASA would have to make significant organizational changes and expand the role of private contractors.

Strategy & planning, Government domestic functions, Contracts & orders received, Organizational history, Management dynamics, Space Research and Technology, Contracts & orders let, Natl Aeronautics & Space Admin, Management, Planning, Reports, Contracts, Outer space, Space exploration, Contract agreement, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company business management, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Company business planning, Company organization, Space policy

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