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general internet news - 22 June
Publication of second annual report on cyberspace : "The
Internet under Surveillance - Obstacles to the free flow of
information online"
The Internet is the bane of all dictatorial regimes, but
even in democracies, new anti-terrorism laws have tightened
government control of it and undermined the principle of
protecting journalistic sources. This report is about
attitudes to the Internet by the powerful in 60 countries,
between spring 2001 and spring 2003. The preface is by
Vinton G. Cerf, who is often called the "father" of the
Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7280
Reporters sans frontières publie un rapport "Internet sous
surveillance : Les entraves à la circulation de
l'information sur le réseau"
Si Internet est la bête noire des régimes autoritaires de
tous poils, même dans nos bonnes vieilles démocraties,
l'adoption de lois antiterroristes a renforcé le contrôle
des autorités sur le réseau et mis à mal le principe de
protection des sources journalistiques. Ce rapport traite
de la situation d'Internet dans soixante pays, entre le
printemps 2001 et le printemps 2003. Il est préfacé par
Vinton G. Cerf, le "père" d'Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=377
Cyber award for jailed Tunisian
A Tunisian journalist jailed after establishing a website
for opposition views has been honoured by the media
advocacy group Reporters without Frontiers with their first
Cyber-Freedom Prize.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3003524.stm
El ciberdisidente Zouhair Yahyaoui recibió el primer Premio
Ciberlibertad Reporteros sin Fronteras - Globenet
El ciberdisidente Zouhair Yahyaoui, condenado a dos años de
cárcel por "propagación de noticias falsas" en su sitio de
Internet Tunezine.com recibió, el 19 de junio, el primer
Premio Ciberlibertad Reporteros sin Fronteras - Globenet.
Recogió el premio, en París, su novia Sophie Piekarec
(foto).
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7290
Le cyberdissident tunisien Zouhair Yahyaoui lauréat du 1er
Prix Cyberliberté Reporters s@ns frontières - Globenet 2003
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7272
13 years in prison for physician who posted democracy
article on website
Reporters Without Borders voiced outage at the action of a
Hanoi court today in convicting a cyber-dissident of
"spying" and sentencing him to 13 years in prison followed
by three years of house arrest. The dissident, pharmacist
Pham Hong Son, was detained in March 2002 after translating
an article about democracy into Vietnamese and posting on
the Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7256
Alí Lmrabet condenado a tres años de cárcel en la apelación
- Reporteros sin Fronteras aterrada y indignada
Alí Lmrabet, director de dos publicaciones satíricas ha
sido condenado, en apelación, a tres años de cárcel. "Las
autoridades marroquíes, al condenar en la apelación a Alí
Lmrabet a tres años de cárcel, dan muestras de una
testarudez que puede resultar criminal. Hoy, el periodista
se encuentra al borde de sus fuerzas. Si ocurriera una
desgracia toda la responsabilidad será del poder marroquí",
ha declarado Robert Ménard, secretario general de
Reporteros sin Fronteras.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7169
Ali Lmrabet condamné à trois ans de prison en appel -
Reporters sans frontières atterrée et indignée
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7164
Irán - Con las manifestaciones estudiantiles de fondo :
Otros tres periodistas encarcelados
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7291
Cuba - Internet bajo vigilancia
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7283
Vietnam - El doctor Pham Hong Son condenado a trece años de
cárcel
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7277
Sen. Hatch Removes Link to Porn Web Site
When Orrin Hatch's "Exploring Utah" Web page boasted about
his state's natural wonders, he didn't have in mind the
photos of bare-breasted women that constituents saw when
they clicked on the page's Utah-related search engine.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/w/1153/6-20-2003/20030620161505_15.html
UK Government purse key to breaking spam curse
The government has been urged to make sure that the
Information Commissioner has the financial muscle to
prosecute the worst spammers.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136337,00.html
Anti-Spam Bill Gains In Senate
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved
legislation yesterday to combat unwanted commercial e-mail,
as the first of several anti-spam bills in both houses of
Congress advanced.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14366-2003Jun19.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/technology/20SPAM.html
Finland: Finland’s Broadcast And Telecommunications Law
Convergence (reg req'd)
Technology advances such as digitisation and data
compression have eroded over the last decade the
distinction between broadcasting and telecommunications.
Even today, broadcasts and voice and data communications
can be transmitted through many of the same networks. In
recognition of this, the laws governing telecommunications
and digital broadcast networks in Finland were converged
with effect as of July 1, 2002 by broadening the scope of
Finland’s liberal Telecommunications Market Act (396/1997)
to include cable TV and digital wireless terrestrial
broadcasting. The name of the Telecommunications Market Act
was also amended to "Communications Market Act" to reflect
its new scope.
http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=21579&p=5&c=506&e=on
FBI agents train to be 14-year-old girls
The FBI has recruited three girls to teach agents how to
pose as teenagers on the internet.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_787868.html?menu=news.technology.internetcrime
Exchange Club joins fight against Internet predators
The temptations of pornography and sexually explicit
invitations to chat are plaguing the Internet, forcing law
enforcement and the Aberdeen community to take a proactive
approach in protecting minors from predators.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/6114399.htm
Man pleads guilty in 'Nigerian Scam' case
A career con man has been convicted for tricking investors
out of millions of dollars in an Internet fraud scheme.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030620.gtscamjune20/BNStory/Technology/
Saddam's Homepage Gets Face Lift
All traces of Saddam Hussein have been removed from the
fallen Iraqi president's former website, but purging the
dictator's loyalists from the country's
government-controlled ISP has proven more challenging.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59183,00.html
Iran's judiciary sets new strict rules for the Internet
Iran's conservative judiciary has laid down strict rules
governing Internet content, banning the publication and
spreading of material deemed to be against the Islamic
regime or of a "depraved" nature, the Iran newspaper
reported Tuesday.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=16309&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Prosecutor: Man points gun at wife over Net porn
A city firefighter has been accused of pointing a gun at
his wife when she tried to stop him from watching Internet
pornography.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/20/porn.threat.ap/index.html
Europe Debates New Rules for Internet Publishers
A European body has proposed a plan that would require
Internet publishers to provide people with the right to
respond to published information about them. But critics
say it could suppress free speech for Web bloggers.
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_898183_1_A,00.html
Nokia vs the gadgets
Nokia's new range gambles on the belief that within a few
years the only gadget people will leave home with is a
phone.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,981946,00.html
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