[Humor, of course. --DBM] --- From: "Jack Dean" <JackDeanat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Subject: Fw: Survey: Majority of Web Users Are Undercover FBI Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:40:21 -0700 On the lighter side . . . http://www.satirewire.com/news/0008/satire-fbiteens.shtml SURVEY: MAJORITY OF WEB USERS ARE FBI AGENTS POSING AS TEENAGE GIRLS Survey Shows Evolving Web No Longer Dominated by Male Techies NEW YORK, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) - The Internet reached a demographic milestone this week as a new study revealed that for the first time, the majority of U.S. Internet users are FBI agents posing as teenage girls. The report, by research firm Media Metrix, marks the first time the demographic group known as "males" has not been in the majority. According to the survey, which tracked online usage from January through July, 50.4 percent of U.S. Web users -- or nearly 38 million -- are FBI agents posing as teenage girls. That's still below the percentage of FBI agents posing as teenage girls in the overall population, which according to U.S. Census figures is 55.7 percent. However, the report noted that FBI agents posing as teenage girls represent the fastest growing segment of Web users, increasing 185 percent in the past 12 months. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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