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    An international political spat is brewing over whether the United Nations will seize control of the heart of the Internet.

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    For the first time in its history, the Internet is running a real risk of fracturing into multiple and perhaps even incompatible networks.

  • Ban on Net tax dead until 2004

    A federal ban on Internet access taxes will not be renewed until 2004 at the earliest, supporters of the measure conceded Wednesday.

  • US Supreme Court keeps Net porn law on ice

    A divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week suggested that a federal law designed to restrict Internet pornography violated Americans' rights to freedom of speech, but the court stopped short of a definitive ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional.

  • The Massachusetts Internet tax mystery

    A mystery is brewing in Massachusetts over how state tax collectors learned the identities of residents who bought cigarettes over the Internet.

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