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general internet news - 20 May
Danish court rules adult downloads not accidental
A Danish court has ruled that internet downloads do not
happen accidentally or automatically and that it requires a
customer intentionally, and despite warnings, downloads a
service – in particular adult content.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=16362
Chinese censor online chat
The extent of Chinese Government censorship of what its
people say in online chat rooms has been exposed by
Reporters Without Borders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3034023.stm
Thai kids, parents to get `clean' web sites
The Thai Web Master Association (TWMA) has launched the
ThaiCleannet.com web site to promote Internet knowledge to
Thai parents and be a centre for measures to protect
children from online dangers.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/140503_Database/14May2003_data09.html
Internet Gambling Ban Hits Snag in Congress
Internet gambling opponents hit a snag on Wednesday when
U.S. lawmakers modified a bill aimed at choking off
payments to offshore Web casinos that take in some $4
billion annually, creating competing drafts that could
divide support.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2742891
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54990-2003May14.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/May-15-Thu-2003/business/21327720.html
Authorities Arrest 135 in Nationwide Cybercrime Sweep
Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday 135 people have
been charged and more than $17 million seized in a
crackdown on investment swindles, identity theft and other
forms of Internet fraud and abuse.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2760248
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-1003833.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58875,00.html
FBI 'committed to cracking down on cybercrime'
The US government has touted dozens of its most important
internet investigations in an attempt to demonstrate that
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies are
serious about cracking down on cybercrime.
http://afr.com/it/2003/05/19/FFX79HAXTFD.html
US hackers top ICC's annual review of cybercrime
More than sixty percent of the world's cybercrime
originates in the US, with hacking and fraud at the top of
the offences, the ICC's annual Cybercrime Review has found.
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/news_archives/2003/stories/US-hackers.asp
Spam crackdown goes global
AUSTRALIA has joined US authorities in calling on 59
countries to close loopholes that allow people to hide
their identities when sending spam.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6443815%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php?click_id=115&art_id=qw1053104221822B225&set_id=1
Man Charged With Fraud in Spam Case
A man was arrested outside his home in Buffalo on Tuesday
and charged in state court with forgery and fraud in
connection with millions of unsolicited e-mail messages,
commonly known as spam, Eliot Spitzer, the New York
attorney general, said yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/15SPAM.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6438300%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Feds prime new antispam weapon
Federal and state law enforcement agencies pledged to take
an aggressive new approach to fighting spam: identifying
"open relay" mail servers that serve as conduits for
massive quantities of junk e-mail.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1001868.html
Spammers Fight Back in Court
After spending years cracking down on spammers, two
prominent organizations that list senders of junk e-mail
are fending off an unorthodox legal challenge by e-mail
marketers.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58812,00.html
Whistle blown over extent of UK data seizures
UK law enforcement and investigative agencies are forcing
communications providers to hand over around one million
customer records each year, Privacy International claimed
on Wednesday.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134686,00.html
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=ukseizesmillio1053021701&area=news
N.Korean Cyber Threat Increasing, Seoul Says
North Korea is training around 100 computer hackers each
year to boost its cyber-warfare capabilities, pushing the
South to fortify its own computer security, a South Korean
military official said on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2757209
Chinese cyber dissident jailed
CHINA'S pioneering cyber-dissident Huang Qi, one of the
first to be arrested for expressing his political views on
the Internet, has been sentenced to five years in prison
for subversion, lawyers and a rights group said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6457835%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3039041.stm
Reporters Without Borders website blocked
The Reporters Without Borders website has been inaccessible
in China since at least 14 April. The organisation deplores
this move by the authorities, who have already blocked
access to dozens of sites of media outlets and human rights
groups.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6132 (English)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6144 (Espanol)
"Living dangerously on the Net"
The hundreds of online forums are monitored day and night
by thousands of employees and police who have the job of
keeping the Chinese Internet free of subversive, vulgar and
pornographic messages. Dozens of users, including Liu Di
(photo), have been arrested for criticising the government
on forums. Reporters Without Borders has investigated
China's forums, finding them to be both "spaces for
expression and traps for Internet users" at the same time.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6793 (English)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6807 (Espanol)
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3426
Access to Internet websites blocked
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the Kazakh
authorities for blocking access to several websites, run by
the opposition or providing independent news, which
regularly carry critical articles about President Nursultan
Nazarbayev and government officials involved in corruption.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6122 (English)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6133 (Espanol)
U.S. Internet giant pulls Zundel's Web site
A large U.S. Internet service provider has pulled the plug
on Ernst Zundel's controversial Web site after the Canadian
Human Rights Commission warned the site contained hate
literature.
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=09AE74E7-7E16-483B-AC9B-AE4FB223E8C1
Diary of an online porn baron
A Texan man serving 1,335 years in prison for selling child
porn recorded a secret diary, a diary that remains online
even though its author will see out his days behind bars at
a US state penitentiary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3035115.stm
Sweden remands child-porn suspect, probe may widen
A Swedish court remanded a man suspected of distributing
child pornography over the Internet on Friday and Interpol
said the case could lead to an international probe into a
gang of Web-based paedophiles.
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters05-16-092843.asp?reg=EUROPE
Japanese Bill to regulate online personals
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to
regulate Internet personals sites with the aim of stopping
child prostitution and other crimes.
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=260072
Korean Gov't Introduces E-Mail Filter
Internet users will be able to block unsolicited e-mails by
registering their e-mail addresses at www.nospam.go.kr, a
state-run anti-spam Web site.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200305/kt2003051917172811820.htm
A Ruling Makes E-Mail Evidence More Accessible
UBS Warburg was ordered to pay for the search of e-mail
messages requested by a plaintiff, giving aggrieved
investors a new legal tool.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/business/17BIAS.html
PanAfrica: Experts Discuss Information, Good Governance
Development information experts from 53 African countries
gathered here this week for the third meeting of the
Committee on Development Information (CODI III) to discuss
the link between development information and good
governance.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200305160636.html
Southern Africa: Still Waiting for the Information
Revolution
Southern African policymakers are pitting their desire to
expand information and communications technology (ICTs) in
their countries against the stark reality of affordability.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200305150744.html
Swiss ISPs doing DNS-Tampering ... not anymore.
Unnoticed by the international scene ISPs in Swizerland
fought a blocking order by a swiss court adressing the
blocking of http://appel-au-peuple-suisse.org (propably
meaning http://appel-au-peuple.org),
http://de.geocities.com/justicecontrol/ and
http://www.swiss-corruption.com.
http://md.hudora.de/blog/guids/22/92/3321213426132496.html
http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=03/05/14/0925224
Microsoft Offers Peek Into Newest Windows
Upgraded to Windows XP yet? If not, you might miss your
chance, because Microsoft Corp. is already working on the
newest version of its operating system, code-named
Longhorn, due for release in 2005.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2765040
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