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general internet news - 22 May
A New Attempt to Monitor Media Content
A new watchdog group has devised a Web-based ratings system
to rank entertainment products based on language, sexual
content and adult themes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/21/business/media/21MEDI.html
Govt to close child porn loophole
It is currently not an offence to download child
pornography off the Internet in Australia, the Federal
Government has revealed.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s860061.htm
Alarm at Pentagon's email snooping
Civil liberties groups raise their concerns about
Pentagon's plans for cyber-surveillance systems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,960118,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58909,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17121-2003May20.html
Guardian claims right to free speech
The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, is taking the
Guardian to Britain's highest court today to try to stop
the newspaper's challenge to a 155-year-old law which still
makes it a criminal offence, punishable by life
imprisonment, to advocate abolition of the monarchy in
print.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,960391,00.html
Diez entidades formarán un Comité para controlar la
pornografía en Internet
Analizarán los contenidos de páginas denunciadas a través
de la línea 01 8000 912667 o por medio de
www.dignidadinfantil.gov.co
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/105342884815050.shtml
Stalker had sophisticated cyber plan
One computer, five phones and a sophisticated plan for
stalking were used by cyber stalker David Cruz to harass
his friend.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3040623.stm
Sacking by SMS not right, full stop (NSW, Australia)
One of the state's Industrial Relations commissioners,
Elizabeth Bishop, has a message for employers - and
employees - who use mobile phone text messages to end
employment arrangements. Stop.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/20/1053196589349.html
Microsoft Proposes Law On Junk E-Mail
Microsoft Corp. is proposing a new legislative approach to
battling junk e-mail, hoping to bridge a widening gap
between industry and consumer groups that threatens to bog
down congressional efforts to eradicate spam.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17281-2003May20.html
British Town Bans Picture Phones to Stop Pedophiles
A British town has banned the use of camera-equipped mobile
phones in its sports centers to prevent pedophiles taking
pictures of children, a spokesman said Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2779459
Washington law bans selling violent video games to kids
Gov. Gary Locke signed a bill into law Tuesday that hits
retailers with a $500 fine for selling or renting video
games to children that depict violence against police.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/894169p-6229359c.html
Australian Internet Industry Association National Spam
Initiative
The Internet Industry Association is the national,
non-profit, industry organisation representing internet
businesses in Australia. Our members include most of the
major internet players here and many of the smaller ones.
Much of the work we do as an association involves
developing best practice solutions for businesses, so that
Australians of all ages can enjoy greater confidence in
being online.
http://www.iia.net.au/nospam
OECD report - After the telecommunications bubble
Confidence is slowly returning to the telecommunications
sector after the "boom and bust" years of the 1990s,
according to a special chapter titled "After the
telecommunicatinos bubble" in the OECD Economic Outlook No.
73.
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00041000/M00041319.pdf
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