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general internet news - 28 February
Call for a network to watch over web sites
A web site rating service is being introduced by the
Government while many human rights experts are calling for
a national network of people to identify sites with
inappropriate content, a seminar that explored human
behaviour in cyberspace heard last week.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/260203_Database/26Feb2003_data06.html
State Law Blocks Out Kiddie Porn
Pennsylvania's attorney general is fighting child
pornography on the Internet by forcing ISPs to prevent
users from seeing it. But not everyone agrees the plan will
work, and some say it may do more harm than good.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57804,00.html
Nigerian scam update: The crackdown continues
What's being done to fight this fraud and how big a problem
is it really?
http://www.silicon.com/news/500022-500001/1/3045.html
Nigerian email scam: All the news and opinion in one place
Our recent coverage of the infamous Nigerian email scam has
received an almost unprecedented response from you, our
readers.
http://www.silicon.com/news/500028-500001/1/3042.html
Views sought in study of online gambling
The federal government on Wednesday released a background
paper and called for submissions for the review of its
controversial ban on online gambling.
http://afr.com/it/2003/02/27/FFX5T7P4MCD.html
French legislators vote to ban spam
France's National Assembly on Monday voted in favor of
banning unsolicited e-mail sales messages, known as spam.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/782597p-5609931c.html
Toben appeals website ruling
A HOLOCAUST revisionist is appealing against a Federal
Court ruling that his website was illegal, claiming
parliament had overstepped its constitutional powers.
Federal Court Justice Catherine Branson ruled in September
that Adelaide Institute director Dr Fredrick Toben acted
illegally by publishing his claims on the internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6039367%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
Man charged over net child porn
A COMPUTER salesman is facing court on child pornography
charges after police allegedly found him promoting photos
of under-aged girls in internet chat rooms.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6043532%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Senate Approves Bill to Toughen Child Pornography Law
The Senate moved Monday to crack down on child pornography
with a bill drawn to strengthen bans on using minors in
obscene material while dealing with the Supreme Court's
constitutional problems with an earlier version.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61572-2003Feb24.html
Fairfax Finds Partner for Child-Porn Fight
Diane Beatty's father was arrested about three years ago
for trying to seduce a 13-year-old girl during an Internet
chat. Beatty, who had been molested by her father,
approached the police to offer help.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62667-2003Feb24.html
VIEW LIVE - Joint OECD/UN/World Bank Global Forum:
Integrating ICT in Development Programmes
View live the Joint OECD/UN/World Bank Global Forum:
Integrating ICT in Development Programmes being held in
OECD, Paris, 4-5 March 2003.
http://www.oecd.org/oecd/pages/documentation/displayxml/0,3375,EN-document-13-nodirectorate-39082-13,00.html
ACLU Admits Another Privacy Gaffe
Protecting personal information on the digital frontier
remains a tough task, even for the most ardent privacy
activists. That's the lesson the American Civil Liberties
Union learned this week after sending out an e-mail
newsletter that inadvertently contained the names and
e-mail addresses of the hundreds of groups and individuals
who received it. The gaffe, on Monday afternoon, came just
weeks after the group was chided by New York State Attorney
General Eliot L. Spitzer for exposing the names, phone
numbers and other details of about 91 people who bought
merchandise in 2001 from an ACLU site online. The group
apologized, paid a $10,000 fine and agreed to implement
changes to prevent similar mishaps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2355-2003Feb25.html
New UK text message record set
More than 50 million text messages were sent every day in
January, breaking yet another record for mobile phone
usage.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,902828,00.html
Error messages unlock internet payments protocol
A fundamental flaw in the technology used to secure online
credit card transactions and other communications is
discovered
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993420
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