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first internet news for 2003 - 7 January
Hello all
I hope you are all feeling good and looking forward to more
news for 2003! So, to kick the year off, for me, here is
the news... but for the most recent domain news, you'll
need to go to http://www.auda.org.au/about/news, and there
is no domain news here!
Take care all
David
Chat room danger prompts new safety code
The government is to call on internet chat room operators
to provide new safety measures to protect children from
paedophiles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,869496,00.html
Online child safety drive launched
Adverts aimed at children and parents and guidelines for
chatroom providers are launched in an anti-paedophile
drive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2629611.stm
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1994563
http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,869413,00.html
The Net marks its birthday, again
According to one Net pioneer, the Internet celebrated its
"most logical" 20th birthday on New Year's Day--barely
three months after its 33rd birthday.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978918.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/03/birthday.internet.ap/index.html
Hong Kong Data Privacy Law: Territorial Regulation in a
Borderless World (book outline)
In the six years since the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance came into force, it has profoundly affected the
processing of personal data in Hong Kong. The legislation
gives legal force to the internationally accepted
information privacy principles including key aspects of the
EU Directive on data protection. Since the publication of
the popular first edition, Data Privacy Law in Hong Kong,
these requirements have been the subject of various rulings
of the courts, the Administrative Appeals Board, and the
Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
http://www.smlawpub.com.hk/products/prod_spec.asp?ProdID=406
WHY WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT "TOTAL INFORMATION
AWARENESS" AND OTHER ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGIES FOR THE
INTERNET
During 2003, we are likely to see the development of two
new government initiatives to use computer technology in
terrorism prevention. Each will give the government greater
access to Internet data.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20021231.html
Do-gooders will wreck the Internet
The do-gooders have found a new cause for 2003: Saving the
Internet from the private interests intent on mucking up
the cyber landscape.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-979028.html
Kiwis redesign the 'Back' button
The highly used "back" button on common browsers has been
redesigned in a move that could make navigating the Web
more efficient.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28729.html
Net users want law to can spam
A new study shows anger building over unsolicited junk
e-mail--with almost three quarters of the Internet
population in favor of making it illegal.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-979108.html
Turing tests filter spam email
Tests designed to distinguish computers from people are
helping to confound spammers and block their messages
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993227
US says it won't monitor email
THE White House is proposing an internet-wide monitoring
center to detect and defend against major cyber-attacks,
but the US Government is trying to ease worries it might
scrutinize individual users' emails along with other data
traffic.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5725831%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
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David Goldstein
email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au
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