Keeping up with the wise guys in cyberspace will tax the imaginations and budgets of law enforcement agencies and put revolutionary pressures on America’s notions of privacy, property and the limits of free speech. The rights of everyone are at stake.
Predictor: Sussman, Vic
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the Jan. 23, 1995, U.S. News & World Report article “Policing Cyberspace” by Vince Sussman. Sussman explores First Amendment rights in cyberspace. He writes: ”Keeping up with the wise guys in cyberspace will tax the imaginations and budgets of law enforcement agencies and put revolutionary pressures on America’s notions of privacy, property and the limits of free speech. The rights of everyone are at stake.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Policing Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 112
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne