Computer hackers: United States v Zod.
Police raids on computer users who are suspected of a form of electronic breaking and entering known as computer hacking are raising free speech issues in the United States. The regulation of the electronic world requires a definition of electronic free speech. Whether electronic networks will be...
| Published in: | Economist Vol. 316; pp. 23 - 25 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
9/1/1990
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Police raids on computer users who are suspected of a form of electronic breaking and entering known as computer hacking are raising free speech issues in the United States. The regulation of the electronic world requires a definition of electronic free speech. Whether electronic networks will be regulated like television and radio broadcasters, whose views must reflect those of the majority of the people; like telephone companies, which must meet certain standards of quality although the government does not concern itself with the content of calls; like the press, which enjoys constitutional guarantees of free speech; or in some other way will be one of the most complex and important legal questions of coming decades. |
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