general interenet news - 6 March

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

Hi all

For those who have commented about the excessive number of
links I provide to stories on the same topic, you won't be
happy today as there are lots of stories about the
discussion on how the revolting government down under wants
to censor the internet. I'm not sure what all this will
come to.

Cheers
David

Canberra clamp on net porn
THE federal Government will move to tighten control over
the internet to reduce the accessibility of hardcore
pornography from personal computers.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6078106%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

PM looks at tightening 'useless' laws
Prime Minister John Howard said today he was looking at
tightening controls over internet pornography after a think
tank described Australia's internet laws as basically
useless, saying service providers should filter online
pornography to protect children.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/04/1046540175537.html
Net Nanny 'a part-time supervisor'
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540132206.html
No sex, please: a blueprint for safer surfing
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540135372.html
Net laws a failure: Harradine
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540131324.html
Kath Albury: Curious teenagers need to be informed about
sex, not controlled
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540134744.html

IIA prepares action plan as Alston talks regulation
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) moved onto the back
foot today following remarks by the Information Technology
and Communications Minister, Richard Alston, that he was
considering tightening providers' responsibility for
Internet content.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000024985,20272603,00.htm

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20272567,00.htm

Porn access debate hots up in Australia
The Australian prime minister is looking at tightening
legislation relating to underage access to online
pornography, while ISPs argue that parents must take
responsibility for their children's surfing.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2131355,00.html

Net Nanny a part-time supervisor, says report
Net Nanny 4.0, the internet filter provided by the three
largest service providers, Telstra, Optus and OzEmail, is
so ineffective it is about to be ditched by the Australian
Broadcasting Authority due to its high failure rate.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/03/1046540132206.html

Case tests Congress' ability to make libraries block porn
When a special U.S. court was considering whether Congress
may require public libraries to put filters on their
computers to block sexually explicit Web sites, it heeded
testimony from young library patrons.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-03-03-library-porn-usat_x.htm

Justices Hear Arguments on Internet Filtering Law
The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear arguments on whether
the U.S. government can require public schools and
libraries to deploy Internet filters to prevent computer
users from viewing sexually explicit content.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39748-2002May31.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2327180

Web watched
The Iranian internet's days as a home of unrestricted
information could be numbered.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,906581,00.html

Iranians arrested for net dating
Dozens of young Iranians have been detained for "unlawful
actions" after using a website to arrange dates, officials
say.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2813953.stm
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3211

Surfers urged to behave online
Having purged the country of chewing gum and introduced
fines for not flushing toilets, Singapore said its latest
task force will teach people how to behave on the Internet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/03/04/singapore.net.ap/index.html

Violating children’s on-line privacy results in $185,000
fines
Two US companies have agreed to settle charges that their
web sites violated the US Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) Rule by collecting personal
information from children without first obtaining the
proper parental consent.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=violatingchildrens1046699528&area=news

Man Pleads Guilty in Killing of Girl, 13, in Internet Sex
Case
A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty today to manslaughter and
sexual assault charges in the death of a 13-year-old girl
he met on the Internet.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/04/nyregion/04ABUS.html

http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/newsat3/hc-dosreis-0303,0,6126028.story

E-learning: A crucial part of school in Europe
According to latest European Schoolnet survey analysis,
in-house development of virtual learning environments
(VLEs) is booming in the European school sector.
Approximately two thirds of the VLE users use an in-house
or open source VLE, while commercial products represent
about one third of the VLEs in the field.
 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=15214

ACLU defends anonymity of Internet chat rooms before
Pennsylvania high court
Messages about public figures in Internet chat rooms are
akin to anonymous pamphlets like Thomas Paine's "Common
Sense" and their authors should have the same right to keep
their identities secret, advocates told Pennsylvania's
highest court.

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/791457p-5658032c.html

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/3-4-2003/20030304071501_43.html

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/04/internet.defamation.ap/index.html
 http://www.poconorecord.com/local/tjd24097.htm

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030304.gtlkd/GTStory

Law won't can spam, but does give warnings
Minnesota's new law governing junk e-mail goes into effect
today, but don't expect your computer's daily blizzard of
unsolicited commercial e-mail — better known as "spam" — to
subside.
 http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/5290370.htm

Hackers Post Anti-Bush Message on Cuban Web Sites
Computer hackers, apparently from Brazil, entered Cuban Web
sites on Tuesday and posted a message against President
Bush and a possible U.S. war against Iraq.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2326243

Europe Hacker Laws Could Make Protest a Crime
The new laws intended to deter computer hacking could pose
problems because the language could also outlaw people who
organize protests online.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/05/international/europe/05BRUS.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0303050254mar05,1,3455857.story

Bush's Cyberstrategery - The administration's war against a
bogus threat.
Seemingly innocuous movies occasionally have nasty,
unintended consequences. Jaws creator Peter Benchley, for
example, believes his tale of underwater mayhem has driven
mankind to hunt several lethal shark species to the brink
of extinction. Jodie Foster's bawdy turn in Taxi Driver
helped stir would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. to
violence. And the 1983 Matthew Broderick vehicle WarGames
convinced everyone that a lone hacker can wipe out the West
Coast as easily as booting up Excel.
 http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028-991049.html

Europeans live life online
The internet is transforming the social habits of Europeans
according to a study by internet service provider AOL. The
study looked at the online habits of surfers in the UK,
France and Germany.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2815007.stm

Berkman Center Announces Digital Media in Cyberspace
Project
The Berkman Center is pleased to announce Digital Media in
Cyberspace, a project aimed at extending our understanding
of the current landscape and unresolved questions related
to the distribution, use, and control of digital media. Led
by Berkman Fellow Blythe Holden and conducted in
collaboration with Gartner|G2, the business strategy
research arm for Gartner Inc., the project will shortly
publish a report that explores how the shift to digital
media (primarily music, movies and books) is affecting the
legal and regulatory landscape.
 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/projects/digitalmedia.html

Academic libraries thrive amid technology 
In all the hype over how the Internet would turn people,
especially young people, toward electronic information,
some experts predicted the demise of the academic library. 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0303020007mar02,1,6475104.story

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