We’re just sort of waking up to [the Internet]. Now that it’s an everyday thing, it’s coming to the attention of the legislators and police forces, and I think they’re not going to like what they see.Õ
Predictor: Kyer, Ian
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 Maclean’s Magazine article, “Crime in Cybercity” by Warren Caragata, presents the dark side of the Internet. The article includes an interview with lawyer Ian Kyer. Caragata writes: ÒMuch of the debate about the Internet arises because it is so new. ÔWe’re just sort of waking up to it,Õ says Ian Kyer, president of Computer Law Association Inc. and a lawyer with the Toronto firm of Fasken Campbell Godfrey. ÔNow that it’s an everyday thing, it’s coming to the attention of the legislators and police forces, and I think they’re not going to like what they see.ÕÓ
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: Maclean's Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: Crime in Cybercity
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/macleans.22may95a
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