National

1. E-voting Paper-Trail Hopes Hit Roadblock (Computer World)
   Calls for the U.S. government to require that electronic voting machines produce voter-verified paper trails ran into opposition from two members of a Senate committee during a hearing on e-voting last week. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
2. Bloggers Resist Government Oversight (Business Week)
   Web log creators are concerned about a Federal Election Commission proposal that would extended some campaign finance rules to the Internet. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
3. Citizen Journalism Growing (Accuracy In Media)
   The growing popularity of blogs and citizen journalism is only increasing as inventive citizens collaborate on news ideas to improve their offerings, buoyed by a fertile environment of low barrier costs and a healthy growth rate for online advertisers. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
4. Bloggers Fighting Government Regulations (Yahoo)
   Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
5. Global-MoveOn.org Launches Campaign To Challenge Industrial Age Mentality (PR Leap)
   The western civilization is currently stuck in groupthink mode based on outdated Industrial Age concepts. (June  28, 2005)

International

1. China's Internet Users Top 100 Million (Forbes)
   China's population of Internet users has surpassed 100 million, the government said Tuesday. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
2. Comic Relief Backs Make Poverty History With Virtual March On G8 Summit (Brand Republic)
   Days before world leaders meet for the G8 summit on July 6, Comic Relief, on behalf of Make Poverty History, will rally support online. (June  28, 2005)
   
   
3. Iranian Net Censorship Powered By US Technology (New Scientist)
   Internet censorship in Iran is amongst the most restrictive and sophisticated in the world, a technical study has revealed. And much of the filtering technology in use was developed by western companies. (June  28, 2005)