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general internet news - 1 April 03
Third Party Defamation Liability for ISPs
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) transmit third party
content from their computers to others without any human
intervention from the ISP. Current defamation law is being
interpreted that ISPs can only be liable for defamation if
the ISP has a duty to inspect the material before
transmitting it to it's recipients. The question of
whether, and to what extent, to impose liability on ISPs
for defamatory acts caused by it's users, creates a
conflict between two separate goals. The first goal is to
bring as much social, economic, political and cultural life
as possible on line, in order to reap the full benefits of
the digital information revolution. The second goal is to
avoid massive anarchy in the transition to cyberspace. The
impulse itself is tempered by the need to impose order in
an environment that will not stifle the very freedom which
makes digital information technology so valuable.
http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/lawand/papers/sp98/roseman.html
Islamist Web sites rage at U.S.
Islamist Web sites are publishing heated rhetoric calling
for action against the United States as it wages war on
Iraq. But Osama bin Laden, usually eager to rally Muslims
by highlighting U.S. "atrocities" around the world, has not
been heard from, leading to new speculation on his fate.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/832979p-5867936c.html
Cyber-war rages over Iraq
As the conflict continues in Iraq, nerds are fighting their
own war in cyberspace. Both pro- and anti-war hackers are
causing mayhem on the Web.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132670,00.html
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2468389
http://virus.idg.net/ic_1261636_9677_1-5041.html
Hackers Condemn Arab Site Hack
It's clear that Al-Jazeera's website was hacked. But
hackers frown on people misusing their limited computer
skills, calling them bullies and identifying them as
crackers or script kiddies.
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,58277,00.html
China mounts fresh round up of Internet dissidents
Police in central China's Hunan province have arrested a
cyber-dissident for allegedly passing online information on
other jailed web activists and demanding their release,
police and a New York-based rights group said.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030330/1/39jzn.html
ACLU cyberchief worried about privacy
Barry Steinhardt is paid to be paranoid. The American Civil
Liberties Union's cyberchief holds up his Handspring Treo,
a combination organizer, phone and e-mail gadget, as he
describes the many ways his government might spy on him.
That's exactly what he's trying to rein in.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/30/profile.steinhardt.ap/index.html
UK sets sights on spam
The UK Government is determined to crack down on the menace
of unwanted and unsolicited e-mail.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2891845.stm
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,9061,922758,00.html
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/gnn/national.nsf/TI/A38AEFB35ACD81C080256CF6003705D5
http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/regulatory/telecomms/telecommsregulations/comms_dpd.shtml
PC screen turns into speaker
A UK company has found a way to turn a computer screen into
a loudspeaker.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2877205.stm
Email traffic patterns can reveal ringleaders
A technique quickly identifies online communities and the
key people in them - it could collar terrorists, even if
they are communicating in code
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993550
Taxing times ahead in cyberspace 31/03/2003
Taxes on Internet business transactions may not be far off
if governments get their act together. However, getting
their act together may be more difficult than first
thought.
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=features&subclass=techno&category=feature&story_id=218491&m=3&y=2003
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