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general internet news - 11 March
US court rejects Web porn law
A court has struck down for the second time a US law that
would imprison commercial Web site operators who do not
cordon off sexually explicit material from minors.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-991477.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54660-2003Mar7.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55880-2003Mar7.html
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,57956,00.html
http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/991324.pdf
Judges: FBI's child-porn search illegal
U.S. District Court judges this week threw out warrants
used in the FBI's breakup of the Candyman online child-porn
group, saying that the agency misled magistrates to obtain
the right to search homes.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025-991652.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5335949.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52935-2003Mar6.html
Report a wake-up call for ISPs, says InternetNZ
InternetNZ president Keith Davidson says the select
committee report into objectionable material contains a
sober warning for ISPs: introduce a code of practice now or
have one forced upon you by government in the future.
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/2467AB08FCCD3656CC256CE1000D4075
NZ Inquiry into the operation of the Films, Videos, and
Publications Classification Act 1993 and related issues
(I.5A)
http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/Content/SelectCommitteeReports/i5a.pdf
China censorship slows net
CHINA'S internet users are suffering sharp slowdowns in
access because of the communist government's heightened
efforts to police online content, industry experts say.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6089368%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Family, groups seek release of jailed Chinese Internet
activist
The grandmother of a college student jailed for posting
democratic essays on the Internet and whose case has
grabbed the attention of Web surfers called on parliament
Friday to seek her release.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/799038p-5697912c.html
Porn 'Filter' Uses Peer Pressure
Fed up with faulty filtering software, some religious
groups are touting a new way for Internet users to keep
away from objectionable material. The idea is to pick a
confidant who will monitor your surfing habits.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57962,00.html
Computers in Libraries Make Moral Judgments, Selectively
Public libraries can't shield their patrons from the evils
lurking in cyberspace, nor can technology eliminate the
problems it creates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/weekinreview/09NUNB.html
Scottish law firm hit by malicious email hoax
Police and ISPs are investigating an email - set up to look
like it was from a senior Scottish lawyer - that offers to
'screw the opposition to the wall'.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2131611,00.html
Abusive emailer jailed for 18 months
A radio listener who hounded a veteran presenter with
anti-semitic email messages during a six-year campaign of
harassment was yesterday jailed for 18 months.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,906808,00.html
Man Acquitted of Online Threats on Jews
A man has been acquitted of sending e-mails that threatened
to kill Jews in Brooklyn.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/3-7-2003/20030307100003_35.html
Net porn watchdog pleas for cash
THE federal Government has ignored pleas for more money
from the people charged with defending the internet from
hardcore pornography.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6081755%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
I'll see your Web site in court
The whole world really is taking note of what you post
online. A December ruling by the High Court of Australia
found that a story published by Dow Jones & Co. Inc. on a
U.S.-hosted Web site can be grounds for a defamation
lawsuit in Australia. The suit was brought by Australian
mining magnate Joseph Gutnick over the Internet version of
an article titled "Unholy Gains" in Dow Jones's Barron's
magazine.
http://virus.idg.net/ic_1198271_9677_1-5041.html
South Africa: Information Squares Up to Poverty
FIGHTING poverty through the use of information and
communications technology will top the agenda when the
World Summit on the Information Society meets in Geneva in
December.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200303060264.html
Monti backs state support for broadband internet
According to Competition Commissioner Mario Monti, the
French government's plans to build high-speed internet
infrastructures in disadvantaged regions would not violate
the EU's state aid rules.
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/3560938-174?targ=1&204&OIDN=1504867&-home=home
Stanford Researchers Set Internet Speed Record
Researchers at a Stanford University-affiliated research
center said on Friday they had found a way to send data
across the Internet more than 3,500 times faster than the
typical broadband connection.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=S5UMZNAUE11LYCRBAE0CFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=2346770
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html
Don't mess with 802.11g, researcher warns
Businesses have this week been warned to steer clear of
802.11g wireless LAN technology by market research
organisation Gartner.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/29651.html
http://virus.idg.net/ic_1196655_9677_1-5045.html
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