general internet news - 13 May

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

nz: Child Porn Offenders May Pose Serious Risk to Children
The appeal of Tauranga child pornography offender Ross
Mundy regarding home detention is scheduled to be heard on
5 May in the Rotorua High Court.  This case highlights the
need, as part of the sentencing process, to effectively
assess the risk such offenders may pose to children.
 http://www.netsafe.org.nz/isgnews/child_porn_offending.asp

eu: Enhancing the effectiveness of the protection of minors
and of human dignity in audiovisual and information society
services: the European Commission proposes a new
Recommendation
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a
Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and
the right of reply in the European audiovisual and
information services industry. This Recommandation is a
follow-up to the second evaluation report of 12 December
2003 on the 1998 Recommendation of the Council on the
protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and
information services. The report analysed the measures
adopted in the Member States and at EU level since 2000.
The new Recommendation proposed today is a further step to
ensure an effective cooperation between the Member States,
the industry and other interested parties, notably viewers'
bodies, in the field of the protection of minors and human
dignity and the right to reply. It responds notably to the
challenges which technological developments bring in that
field.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/598|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

fi: Control mechanisms for programmes containing harmful
material for children to be increased
In early 2004, the Finnish Communications Regulatory
Authority (FICORA) finished a survey on the effectiveness
and awareness of protection of minors within television
operations. Based on this survey, national broadcasters
have now agreed on the so-called new self-regulation. The
purpose is to increase the effectiveness of protection of
minors within television operations.
 http://www.ficora.fi/englanti/ajankoht/programme.htm

Religious hatred flourishes on web
The number of extremist websites espousing violent or
racist views has grown by more than a quarter since
January, according to a global study of "hate" sites.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1213726,00.html

US criticised over web controls
The US should reopen most of the sites shut down after
September 11 because of terrorism fears, a report says.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3703559.stm

us: Study: Many Federal Sites Not Terror Risks
Federal officials should consider reopening public access
to about three dozen Web sites withdrawn from the Internet
after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a government-financed
study says, because the sites pose little or no risk to
homeland security.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7123

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/05/10/web.sites.terrorism.ap/index.html

uk: British Police Arrest 13 Suspected of Child Porn
British police arrested 13 people on Tuesday suspected of
downloading and distributing child pornography over the
Internet, in raids across London involving 100 officers.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=5107141

ie: Govt position on Judge Curtin unchanged by Tralee
arrest
The Government's position on Judge Brian Curtin has not
changed following his arrest at the weekend.
 http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=3113626

us: Saucy talk in chat room leads to arrest
When Barrett D. Peavy thought he was setting up an illicit
rendezvous with a 15-year-old girl Thursday morning, he was
actually communicating online with an undercover Peachtree
City police officer, police said.

http://www.thecitizennews.com/main/archive-040509/fp-01.html

Chinese internet writer jailed
A Chinese journalist has been jailed for two years without
trial, according to an American civil rights group.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3706727.stm

Reporters Without Borders concerned about Wang Jinbo's
health
Reporters Without Borders has expressed its deep anxiety
about the deteriorating health of cyberdissident Wang
Jinbo, aged 32. His family says other inmates, apparently
incited to do so by the warders, regularly beat him.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=330 (English)
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=137 (Francais)

Chinese youths trash Internet café
Staff at a Chinese Internet cafe have resigned after they
were beaten up last week by a gang of 16 teenagers barred
from entering the cybercafe. The gang of youths beat one
worker with bins and fire extinguishers before trashing the
Internet café. Earlier they threatened to beat up anyone
who "dared to check identity cards" after being refused
entry to the cybercafe.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/12/china_cybercafe/

ca: Man sent gun in internet mix-up
A Canadian student who ordered an MP3 player over the
internet from the US was shocked to receive a licensed
handgun instead.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3703321.stm

Browser Hijackers Ruining Lives
Malicious programs called browser hijackers install a lot
of nasty stuff on people's computers -- primarily
hard-core, borderline-illegal pornography. Some victims are
facing firings, divorces and even criminal prosecution.

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63391,00.html

Detenido por mostrar fotos de una mujer desnuda en Internet
sin su consentimiento
Durante el día de ayer, 10 de mayo de 2004, la Policía
Judicial de Navalmoral de la Mata, población situada en la
provincia de Cacerés, procedió a la detención de R.G.V., de
23 años de edad, acusado de haber publicado en Internet
fotos de una mujer desnuda que previamente había amenazado
y coaccionado para que tuviera relaciones sexuales con él.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108426811571418.shtml

us: The 'Dot Kids' Internet Domain: Protecting Children
Online
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet - May
6, 2004

http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/05062004hearing1262/hearing.htm

us: Cops: Man put porn meant for teen online
A Neptune man was arrested early yesterday morning and
charged in connection with a series of lewd acts performed
via his home computer and a live "Web cam" and transmitted
to who he believed was a 14-year-old boy, authorities said.
 http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,962239,00.html

us: Parents warned about Web dangers
Sex predator experts share safety tips during seminar at
the Jupiter Community Center.

http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/jc_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1114_2869164,00.html

us: Man, 32, admits to pimping girl
An Oakland man pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking
Monday, admitting in federal court that he knowingly
recruited a 13-year-old girl for prostitution and then
became her pimp.

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1726~2140981,00.html

za: Social worker on trial in child sex case
A Rietfontein social worker, who worked in
Bronkhorstspruit, on Monday pleaded not guilty in the
Pretoria regional court to 16 charges relating to indecent
assault and the soliciting of minor boys.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=15&art_id=vn20040511035515567C718913&set_id=1

uk: Sex offender wants hospital job back
A doctor placed on the sex offenders' register for
downloading child porn is applying to work again in Midland
hospitals.

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14225236&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=sex-offender-wants-hospital-job-back-name_page.html

us: Man jailed over record online fraud
A CALIFORNIAN man who milked a record $US37.5 million out
of about 900,000 credit card owners by signing them up for
pornographic websites was sentenced today to more than 11
years in a US prison.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9531024%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/11/1084041384062.html

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-taves11_may11,1,6322551.story

au: ACA: first spam prosecutions in sight
Australian authorities may be close to making their first
prosecutions under new anti-spam laws enacted in April.
 http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39147124,00.htm

Anti-Spam Legislation Hits Its Stride By Carol M. Morrissey
Legislation to ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, also
known by that wonderful moniker, "spam," is receiving an
incredible amount of attention in Congress this year. So
far this session there have been hearings before House and
Senate committees, markups before two House committees and
a bill favorably reported by the House committee on Energy
and Commerce. As those of us following the issue are aware,
spam legislation has been pending before Congress for the
past several years with varying degrees of success. (Please
see the June 1998, CongressLine, Unsolicited Commercial
Electronic Mail: Spam for the Masses.) Similar to what
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once famously remarked
about obscenity, " But I know it when I see it." - we
usually know what is spam when we open up our inboxes and
consumers are tired of being inundated by it. Not only is
spam an intrusive nuisance, it slows down our e-mail
connections (and for those in rural areas who may be paying
long distance charges to access their e-mail, time is
money) and costs our Internet Service Providers (ISP's) for
their policing efforts. Perhaps most frustrating of all,
spammers have become craftier at disguising who they are
and what they are about, which includes the proliferation
of spam associated with pornographic websites.

http://www.cbeji.com.br/br/novidades/artigos/index.asp?id=2815

Global effort needed
Canada eyes world treaty to deal with spammers as nations
struggle.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-05-12-global-spam-effort_x.htm

Canada launches anti-spam task force
‘Spammers have no place in Canada's marketplace,' Industry
Minister says.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040511.wspam0511/BNStory/National/

us: Anti-spam suit loses on appeal
The Utah Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the dismissal
of a class action lawsuit alleging Sprint Communications
Co. violated state anti-spam laws.
 http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05072004/utah/164141.asp
 http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/appopin/gillman050604.htm

us: FTC settles deceptive spam charges
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against
two individuals who allegedly used spam to trick recipients
into accessing sexually explicit material. They will pay
$122,500, purported to be the total revenue generated by
their activities.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=ftcsettlesdeceptiv1084363338

us: Judge ties antispammer's hands
A Northern California District Court judge issued a
temporary restraining order to prevent SpamCop, an antispam
operation, from interfering with messages sent by alleged
junk e-mailer OptInRealBig.com.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5210518.html

vi: Omnibus bill proposing a variety of criminal justice
changes
In addition to establishing a civilian review board and
changing police officers' early retirement eligibility,
Sen. Lorraine Berry's Omnibus Crime Bill of 2004 calls for
numerous other changes and reforms. The bill still must be
approved by a majority of senators and signed by Gov.
Charles Turnbull before it becomes law.

http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=5279195

Federations are key to Internet security
Common threats demand common defenses. E-mail-borne malware
- such as viruses, spam and spyware - represents the most
serious threat to the stability and security of the
Internet-based global economy. The Internet won't be truly
safe for e-business until we have a governance structure
that can effectively deal with these and other cyberthreats
- specifically, a governance structure that is
multinational, federated and self-policing.
 http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0329kobielus.html

Special Studies on Technology and Banking - Technological
Innovation in Banking and Payments: Industry Trends and
Implications for Banks by Karen Furst, Willian W. Lang, and
Daniel E. Nolle
We discuss the response of banks to these technological
developments, and the challenges arising for bank
management in the fourth section of the article. Banks are
substantially increasing their investments in technology,
and we present information on the composition and magnitude
of those investments. Our analysis indicates that banks are
feeling strong competitive pressures to avoid being left
behind in the technology area. This sense of urgency could
lead to heightened technologyrelated risk exposures for
banks if they fail to implement appropriate technology risk
management practices. We then briefly discuss the steps
taken by bank regulators to help institutions develop sound
risk management measures. The article concludes with a
summary of our key observations.

http://www.cbeji.com.br/br/downloads/secao/TechQJFurstLangNolle.pdf

au: Sharman fails to deliver evidence again: MIPI
Sharman Networks and MIPI will be back in Federal court
Friday for yet another legal contest over access to
evidence that was confiscated in raids last February.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39147338,00.htm

us: Woman fined for getting tunes off Internet
A federal judge has fined a Connecticut woman $6,000 for
allegedly downloading copyright-protected music from the
Internet.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040506/NEWS/40506006

Under the skin of digital crime
There was a time when hacking was something positive. It
was done in the name of intellectual curiousity rather than
financial reward.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3701671.stm

Microsoft, Lindows face off in Dutch court
Microsoft and Lindows faced off in a Dutch court Tuesday
over allegations the Linux operating system company
infringed on the Windows trademark.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39147330,00.htm

OECD: Corporate governance: Stronger principles for better
market integrity
The newly revised OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
were released on 22 April. The result is a stronger OECD
instrument to help improve boardroom behaviour globally.
And that means better business and stronger markets for
everyone.

http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1231/Corporate_governance:_Stronger_principles_for_better_market_integrity.html

Britain will 'lead the world' in broadband
Latest figures for the availability of high-speed services
show that the UK is no longer the sick man of the broadband
world.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/broadband/0,39020342,39154426,00.htm
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1155085

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1214783,00.html
EU: Breitband-Internetnutzung nimmt in Europa schneller zu
als in den USA
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47278

Microsoft warns of "important" Windows flaw
A flaw in Microsoft's almost universally used Windows
operating system could allow hackers to take control of a
PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them
into clicking on a link, the company is warning.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5114691


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