general internet news - 19 June

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

Vietnam jails Internet activist
A doctor has been convicted of espionage after posting
pro-democracy material online.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136218,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1017776.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8776-2003Jun18.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2947720

Police used Friends Reunited to help jail teacher for child
abuse
A former teacher who sexually abused schoolboys was jailed
for eight years yesterday after he was caught by police
using the Friends Reunited website.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,979830,00.html
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3481

Britain's Labour Party Web Site Hit by Hackers
Britain's ruling Labor Party has often been criticized for
trying to manipulate and control the daily news agenda.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2935401

N.Y. seeks to cut off sales of cigarettes via Internet
The state will start enforcing a ban on Internet cigarette
sales Wednesday, hoping to capture hundreds of millions of
dollars a year in lost tax revenue.
 http://www.rochesterdandc.com/news/0616story18_news.shtml

BT sacks staff over porn net abuse
BT has sacked 200 staff for using its systems to access
pornography.
 http://www.silicon.com/news/500020-500001/1/4702.html

Ex-university head is jailed for child porn
A FORMER head of child education at Sheffield Hallam
University has been jailed for downloading thousands of
paedophile images from the internet.

http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=533597

Pornographers hijack home computers
British experts have found the first hard evidence that
hundreds of thousands of computers were deliberately
infected with viruses by spammers who used the machines to
distribute pornography and junk mail.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,976608,00.html

Evidence Barred in Ex-O.C. Judge's Child-Porn Case
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out most of the key
evidence in a high-profile child pornography case against a
former Orange County judge, ruling that sexually explicit
diary entries and photos were discovered after illegal
computer searches by a Canadian hacker who was working for
police.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-kline18jun18,1,6777745.story

Children put at risk by new technology
CHILDREN are in need of greater protection from the dangers
of paedophilia and pornographic material posed by the
internet, mobile phones and interactive television, the
UK’s broadcasting regulator has warned.
 http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=666462003

Despedido por el envío de un chiste por correo electrónico
Un empleado de Bimbo se ha sometido a un juicio en
Barcelona tras haber sido despedido tras enviar por email
un chiste en contra de la porpia empresa.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/105578038338272.shtml

Iran Internet Use at Risk from Conservatives
The diary of a former prostitute is one of the hottest Web
sites in Iran, a strict Islamic society where the Internet
is coveted for the access it gives users to a forbidden
world.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2943120

OECD Governments Join Forces to Protect Consumers from
Cross-border Fraud
OECD governments have agreed on Guidelines outlining a
framework for co-operation to protect consumers against the
growing problem of cross-border fraudulent and deceptive
practices, particularly on the Internet. These Guidelines
are the latest example of OECD work towards consensus on
core characteristics for effective consumer protection in
an increasingly global marketplace.

http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-0-nodirectorate-no-12-42125-0,00.html

http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-13-nodirectorate-no-24-41808-13,00.html
Full text of the Guidelines available on the OECD's website
at:
 http://www.oecd.org/sti/crossborderfraud

OECD guidelines target international spam
The international trade body has published new guidlines
that aim to crack down on cross-border fraud and junk
email.
New suggested government guidelines for protecting
consumers from cross-border fraud could spell bad news for
fraudulent spammers.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136203,00.html

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-06-16-efraud_x.htm

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4523&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

Microsoft declares war on spam 
Announcing a war on internet spam, software giant Microsoft
said on Tuesday it had filed suits against 15 senders of
unsolicited email advertisements.
 http://afr.com/it/2003/06/18/FFXN6AY72HD.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,979785,00.html
 http://www.iht.com/articles/99918.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-030616microsoft,1,5269345.story

Spam public inquiry to be held in UK
The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is to
hold a public inquiry into stemming the flow of spam to UK
internet users. It will also consider future trends – such
as the use of spam as a means for hacking into computers.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=spampublicinquiry1055845586&area=news

Why do we get so much spam?
More than half of us have our email address available in
the public domain - a fact which offers some insight into
why we receive so much unsolicited email.
 http://www.silicon.com/news/165-500001/1/4713.html

OSCE Media Representative issues Amsterdam Recommendations
defending freedom of the Internet
At the end of a two-day conference on Internet-related
perils to freedom of expression, the OSCE Representative on
Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for
the OSCE to take up a strong position towards free flow of
information on the Internet.
 http://www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?id=3346

EU crime unit under fire
The European Union must do more to encourage industry
participation in its forthcoming computer security agency,
or run the risk of creating an insular bureaucracy,
according to experts.
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141650

Italian police shut down piracy ring
A huge Internet piracy ring has been shut down in a police
operation that resulted in the arrest of 181 people.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1017776.html
 http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=700815

Why Europe still doesn't get the Internet
One of the finest days in Internet law dawned on June 12,
1996, when U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell wrote an
opinion that was remarkable for its clarity and prescience.
 http://rss.com.com/2010-1071_3-1017333.html

Destroy computers of music freeloaders: US Senator 
US Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who is also a composer,
is seeking information on remotely destroying computers of
people who illegally download music from the internet.
 http://afr.com/it/2003/06/18/FFX6JVX72HD.html

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/6-17-2003/20030617143006_84.html

Australia slips in broadband
AUSTRALIA has slipped behind Estonia in worldwide broadband
league tables, falling to 23rd behind the likes of Taiwan,
Belgium and Austria. Australia is only slightly ahead of
New Zealand.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6607139%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Radwanski blistered by probe
In an unprecedented report to the Commons, an all-party
committee said yesterday Privacy Commissioner George
Radwanski has "deliberately misled" MPs and has lost the
confidence of the committee charged with overseeing his
office. "We are no longer able to believe that information
provided by the privacy commissioner about his activities
can be assumed to be accurate and complete," the report
says.

http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/06/14/110706.html
 
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