general internet news - 4 March

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

British Girl Baffles Teacher with SMS Essay
An English essay written by a British teenager in text
messaging short-hand has reignited concern among teachers
that literacy standards are under threat.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2312854

Most boys view net porn
MORE than eight in 10 boys aged 16 to 17 have visited
hardcore pornography internet sites, a survey shows, with
other studies suggesting it could lead them to violent
sexual behaviour.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6067785%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

We've seen it all before, say teen sex surfers
Pornography is so easily available in the high-tech age
that it has become an accepted part of everyday life among
young people, a Herald survey shows.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/02/1046540073747.html

Labor won't support tighter net porn laws
The Federal Opposition says internet censorship laws were
never going to work.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/03/item20030303172321_1.htm

Kids drawn into vile web porn as '60s generation sits on
its hands
Australia's teenagers are being exposed to violent and
hard-core pornography on the internet despite Federal
Government laws intended to protect them, a new study has
found.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/02/1046540073744.html

And the report that started all the above stories, "Youth
and Pornography in Australia" is available online at:
 http://www.tai.org.au/WhatsNew_Files/WhatsNew/DP52sum.pdf

Every parent's worst fear - pornography links
It's every parent's worst fear. The eight- or nine-year-old
in the house logs on to the Internet, types a harmless word
such as "wallpaper" into Google, and is presented with a
variety of links which lead to pornography.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540113249.html

Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Cyber-Racism page
Background information about cyber-racism,
anti-discrimination law and practice

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/racial_discrimination/cyberracism/index.html

US government seizes news Web site
In a move that has alarmed free speech advocates, the U.S.
Justice Department this week seized a news Web site
containing information on pirated software and hardware,
turning it into a government-run site containing warnings
about software piracy and links to antipiracy
investigations.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1187909_9677_1-5041.html

http://www.cw360.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=119756&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=6&liChannelID=28&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57868,00.html

IETF creates anti-spam research group
Underscoring growing concern over spam, the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) has created a new Anti-Spam
Research Group (ASRG) that aims to put unsolicited
commercial e-mail in its crosshairs by setting standards
for spam detection and potential legislation.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1188089_9677_1-5041.html

http://www.cw360.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=119791&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=6&liChannelID=20&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1
 
Indicators for the assessment of telecommunications
competition
Intensified competition in OECD countries’
telecommunications sectors calls for regulations
proportionate to the level of competition in the market.
 http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00039000/M00039268.pdf
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