Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Cloak of Internet Propels Deceit, Sneak Attacks
2/13/2005 | 
Coverage
Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post, Metro
'"When an aide to Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) went online to fuel damaging rumors about the Democratic mayor of Baltimore, he entered a world where public and private boundaries are treacherously blurred and normal etiquette can easily evaporate.
On a typical day, 70 million American adults are logged on to the Internet, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which studies the technology's social impact. Americans send millions of person-to-person e-mails a day, and the content is often fast and loose. "It's the era of drive-bys, where the Internet can be used for sneak attacks and dirty tricks," said Pew Project Director Lee Rainie."
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