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...than a summit," complained Barry Steinhardt of the A.C.L.U. But that was precisely the p.r. message that the summit's organizers--including America Online, AT&T and this magazine's parent, Time Warner--were trying to convey to the public and Congress. As a Santa's-helper questioner asked AOL chairman and CEO Steve Case during a panel discussion, "Steve, do you believe the private sector can deal effectively with these issues?" Guess what...
First it cleaned up Times Square, now the Disney Corporation plans to do the same for the Internet. At an online industry conference Monday of more than 400 companies, most notably itself and AOL, Disney will announce the launch of a new search engine that will include only Web sites screened by Disney employees. The Yahoo-style site will be up and running by 1998, and promises to be the most extensive and kid-safe engine of all. "If families feel (the Internet) is not a family place, there's no way it's going to become as popular...
...Still, a Disney search engine ? no matter how widely used ? would only be one of many. And AOL's Steve Case ? who also plans to introduce filtering software Monday ? points out that at least the industry is being seen to do something. "Regulation is not necessary," insists Case. Congress, where men even more powerful than Disney execs reside, awaits convincing proof...
...much as 20 percent in the first year after the merger takes effect. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice has approved WorldCom's purchase of data networks owned by America Online and CompuServe. That purchase was part of a three-way deal earlier this year in which AOL acquired CompuServe's consumer subscribers...
...much of the past year the service has engaged in a running--and losing--battle with spammers. In the past three weeks, AOL has filed two lawsuits, most recently against Prime Data in Kentucky, for deluging AOL members with ads for online entrepreneurs. But techies are starting to accept that junk E-mail may be here to stay. The problem: new technology makes it impossible to distinguish between mail you want and spam you don't. Courts may offer temporary relief, but serious spammers say the new suits don't have them worried. "We've been through 12 lawsuits since...