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general internet news - 18 June
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ITU
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ITU: Global Forum for Least Developed Countries
The First Global ICT Forum for Least Developed
Countries (LDCs), co-organized by ITU and the
Commonwealth Business Council will be held in
Mauritius from 7-9 July 2004. It will bring together
high-level decision makers to identify innovative
development solutions and practical strategies for
deploying Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) projects to help integrate the poorest
countries into the global economy.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/06/15.html#a685
Metro Ethernet cruises toward mainstream
The ITU has announced a set of new standards designed
to make it easier for telephone and Internet service
providers to offer Ethernet services over their
existing networks.
http://news.com.com/Metro+Ethernet+cruises+toward+mainstream/2100-1033_3-5235847.html
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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fr: Conference on Internet Hate, Racism Opens
European neo-Nazis post online pictures of
paint-smeared mosques. Web sites of Islamic radicals
call for holy war on the West. Aliases like "Jew
Killer" pop up on Internet game sites.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48147-2004Jun16.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3813697.stm
http://www.iht.com/articles/525288.html
fr: LEN : Freedom of expression victory in new law
Reporters Without Borders hailed the Constitutional
Council's ruling on the Law on confidence in the
digital economy (LEN) as a victory for freedom of
expression. The Council published its decisions on 13
June 2004, striking out a highly contested point on
the legal limitation period on the Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10698
LEN : le Conseil constitutionnel évite le pire
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10689
http://www.legalis.net/actualite.php3
zw: Internet Service Providers Yet to Agree to Monitor
E-Mails
Zimbabwe's state-owned telecommunications company,
TelOne, has proposed that Internet service providers
(ISPs) monitor all their customers' e-mails, but the
ISPs have yet to agree.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406150754.html
us: City of Grove continues probe into computer
pornography issue
While police department computers were found to
contain no child pornography, the Grove city manager
said his office will continue to review the amount of
adult pornography found on two computers.
http://www.miaminewsrecord.com/MIAMINEWSRECORD/myarticles.asp?P=997059&S=320&PubID=16177
What to do if you find you're being cyberstalked (reg
req'd)
The head of a group that deals with that and other
crimes on the Internet can offer hope and help.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/technology/8941067.htm
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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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The War on Child Pornography? Who are the Victims?
The dissemination of child pornography on the Internet
is growing very fast. At the same time, internet crime
against children is the fastest growing crime in
America. The problem is so big that the FBI operation
to combat these kinds of crimes is now second only to
the fight against terrorism. FBI officials say, on
their website, that the use of computers has become
the most widely used technique by pedophiles to share
illegal photographic images of minors and to lure
children into illicit sexual relationships.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.06.2004/433
Virtual Child Pornography: Should It Be Illegal?
The Supreme Court today, in a 6-3 decision, struck
down the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (or
more precisely, upheld the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals' 1999 First Amendment objection to it) on the
grounds that it was "unconstitutionally vague and
far-reaching." This decision does not affect laws
prohibiting actual child pornography.
http://crime.about.com/library/weekly/aavirtualchildpornography.htm
us: Legal Threats Stalk Adult Sites
The landmark federal prosecution of an infamous porn
producer is putting the fear of John Ashcroft into the
owners of countless adult websites, even those whose
content is far milder than the material under attack.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63838,00.html
us: Justice Dept. Worries About Internet Calls
A Justice Department official told a Senate panel
Wednesday that law enforcement officers might lack the
authority to monitor the phone conversations of
terrorists and criminals under a proposed law
governing calls that travel over the Internet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47882-2004Jun16.html
Extremists use Web to spread terror
Websites have become part of an electronic war of
incitement, humiliation and terrorist outreach,
experts say.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040614.gtterrorjun14/BNStory/Technology/
Viruses and worms are here to stay
Computer viruses are more than just a passing fad. Not
only have they been around for decades, but they show
no signs of dying out as their creators move with the
times and constantly evolve their craft.
http://afr.com/articles/2004/06/16/1087244971728.html
au: Consumers need to become cyber savvy
Cybercrime is a threat to the Australian community and
the economy. The increasing use of the internet by
business and consumers for e-commerce is providing new
avenues for criminals, but fraud in the online
environment is by no means new.
http://afr.com/articles/2004/06/16/1087244971761.html
First mobile phone worm created
Security experts are warning of the emergence of the
world's first computer virus to spread via mobile
phones.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1155922
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5439018
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1729&Page=1&pagePos=19
Smart-phone worm has a hang-up
A recently created "concept virus" designed to show
that a worm could spread between smart phones won't
get very far in the real world, antivirus companies
said Tuesday.
http://news.com.com/Smart-phone+worm+has+a+hang-up/2100-7349_3-5234953.html
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SPAM
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Laws fail to stem the global deluge of spam
Anyone who has been out of the office for a few days
knows the frustration of returning to find a host of
emails in the inbox, most of which turn out to be
spam.
http://afr.com/articles/2004/06/16/1087244971725.html
us: FTC Says No to Antispam Registry
A national "do not e-mail" registry would do little to
prevent the proliferation of junk e-mail and could
even make the spam problem worse, said the Federal
Trade Commission in a report released Tuesday.
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63862,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/16/1087244950821.html
http://www.ftc.gov/reports/dneregistry/report.pdf
Experten lehnen Anti-Spam-Liste ab
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48290
Survey shows opinion gap on spam
A study commissioned by Symantec to gauge opinion
about the spam problem among IT managers and their
user community points to a difference in views about
how bad the volumes of unsolicited mail really are
these days.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/3A11A7C0CE5949F4CC256EB50017CBC6
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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Ireland Leery of 3G Phones
The Irish government is seeking mandatory registration
of 3G phones to protect minors. But privacy groups say
it is a big hammer to crack small nuts, and carriers
still don't know how the system is supposed to
function.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63780,00.html
ICT essential for country health: UN chief
Information and communications technologies are
essential for developing countries’ self-reliance,
economic health and parity with more developed
nations, even when they might not see it that way,
says Sergei Kambalov, deputy head of the United
Nations ICT Taskforce secretariat.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/E5DF332391A6AE12CC256EB50016577F
BBC to Open Content Floodgates
The British Broadcasting Corporation's Creative
Archive, one of the most ambitious free digital
content projects to date, is set to launch this fall
with thousands of three-minute clips of nature
programming. The effort could goad other organizations
to share their professionally produced content with
Web users.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63857,00.html
uk: Britain Cracks Down on Paid Web Search Results
British regulators have asked an Internet service
provider to make clearer that some of its Web search
results are paid advertisements, saying
pay-for-placement listings from search provider
Overture could confuse consumers.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=5436938
us: Snub for camera phones (reg req'd)
One of America's largest mobile telephone suppliers
has bowed to the privacy fears of corporate clients
and removed digital cameras from its bestselling
handsets.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2004/06/16/ecntmoby11.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/06/14/ixconnrite.html
uk: Search is on for London's oldest PC
Is your company running a machine so antiquated that
it belongs in a museum? If so, this is your chance to
land a free upgrade.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,39020351,39157757,00.htm
Hotmail bounces Gmail invitations
Invitations to join Google's free email service, which
have become much-desired, have been bounced by some
MSN Hotmail accounts.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39157755,00.htm
Report: 27% Of World To Be Wireless By 2007
About 27 percent of the world's population -- about
1.8 billion people -- will use wireless services by
2007, according to a study released this week.
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=12&Art_ID=20143
Wireless no match for fixed line: Budde
Broadband users will always prefer a fixed line
broadband connection, said veteran telecommunications
analyst Paul Budde, despite increased interest in
wireless technology.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39150782,00.htm
de: German city picks Linux over Microsoft
In a milestone loss for Microsoft (MSFT), the city of
Munich has affirmed its decision to make the switch
from Windows and Office to competing Linux software on
14,000 desktop PCs.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-16-linux-munich_x.htm
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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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uk: Man freed after child porn appeal
An engineer who was caught with explicit child
pornography downloaded from the internet has had his
jail sentence overturned by appeal judges.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3809459.stm
uk: Former judge admits porn charges
A former circuit judge has pleaded guilty to child
pornography charges.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/dorset/3811821.stm
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/17/njudge17.xml
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=530709
http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=455&ArticleID=807787
ie: McDowell accused of misleading Dáil over Curtin
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has accused Justice
Minister Michael McDowell of misleading the Dáil over
the appointment of Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin to
the Garda Appeals Board panel.
http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=107736306&p=yx7737xyz&n=107737066
ca: Repeat child porn offender arrested again
A Toronto man who is on probation for a previous child
pornography conviction has been arrested again. And
police say the offender is getting more savvy at
hiding his crimes.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1087316960281_82726160
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20040615/ca_pr_on_na/rocket_scientist_porn_1
ca: OPP Charge Barrie Man with Child Pornography (news
release)
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police, Child
Pornography Section (Project "P"), in conjunction with
the Barrie Police Service, have charged a 50 year old
Barrie man following a child pornography
investigation.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2004/16/c5193.html
us: Lawyers: Ex-teacher ready to admit to child porn
charge
A former Hammond substitute teacher is preparing to
plead guilty today to a federal charge of trafficking
in child pornography, his lawyers said.
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2004/06/17/news/top_news/c9da432c9b3de6df86256eb5007e0543.txt
us: Child porn tapes result in 17-year prison term
A Sumner County man, sobbing after listening to a
relative describe the years of sexual abuse he
inflicted on her, was sentenced yesterday to more than
17 years in federal prison on child pornography
charges.
http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/52882784.shtml?Element_ID=52882784
us: Tax protester faces kiddie-porn charges
A Montgomery County man who has publicly dared the
Internal Revenue Service to arrest him for not paying
federal income taxes was charged yesterday in federal
court in Philadelphia with possession of child
pornography.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/8942670.htm?1c
us: N.H. officer helps in R.I. sex case
Talk about impossible jobs: Detective James F.
McLaughlin patrols the vast world of cyberspace for
would-be pedophiles and people using the kid-friendly
medium of the Internet to spread child-pornography.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11956196&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=24361&rfi=6
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