On AlterNet: web

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Is "Micro-Labor" Helping People Make Extra Cash--Or Creating a New Way to Exploit Struggling Workers?

Michelle Chen, In These Times. April 11, 2012.

New websites that connect people to odd jobs raise questions about the future of work: are these the new home-based sweatshops, exploiting desperation for next to no pay?

New Laws Banning Sex Offenders from Social Networks and Online Gaming May Go Too Far

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. April 8, 2012.

A push is under way to restrict registrants from social networking, virtual gaming and online dating.

Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA, Congress Shelves Bill

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 15, 2012.

The Protect IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act have generated intense opposition because of their crackdown on Internet freedom--and that opposition just won big.

The Stop Online Piracy Act is Class War in Cyberspace, Enriching the 1% at the Expense of the 99%

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 5, 2011.

SOPA would require every web site in the country to become unpaid copyright enforcement officers for Time Warner, Disney and The Washington Post, among others.

Is Internet Dating Destroying Love?

John Walters, Comment Is Free. July 27, 2011.

Dating websites distort the very core of interpersonal relations and turn love into a consumer product.

The Latest Creepy Step From Facebook: Facial Recognition Technology

Beth Wellington, Comment Is Free. June 15, 2011.

Is Facebook's new facial recognition tool designed to make the site more useful to users or to boost its value for executives?

Help Stop the Destruction of the Free Internet Now

Elliot Cohen, Truthdig. December 29, 2010.

Go offline for an hour on New Year's Day to express a unified voice against attempts by Internet service providers to block, censor or otherwise interfere with Internet content.

The Newspaper Industry Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes

Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig. December 18, 2008.

Newspaper management is hastening the industry's demise by chasing away talented journalists.

User-Generated Censorship

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 30, 2008.

The Web makes it easy for crowds to collaborate. But it also makes it simple for mobs to crush free expression.

Does the Microsoft-Yahoo! Merger Threaten Google?

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 16, 2008.

A look at the facts on Microhoo!

A call to put presidential debates on YouTube

Heather Gehlert, April 26, 2007.

Heather Gehlert: Making the Web more democratic ...

The Professional Suicide of a Recording Musician

Bob Ostertag, QuestionCopyright.org. April 11, 2007.

An experienced musician explains why most musicians today would be much better off sharing music via the Internet than signing standard industry recording contracts.

Web Trenz!

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. March 13, 2007.

Ever heard of podthrusting? The newest creations of the Interwebs range from the creative, to the bizarre, to the truly "wtf?"