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general internet news - 6 July
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: ACTU calls for Net guidelines
AN increase in workplace disputes over internet use
has sparked a call for clear and consistent guidelines
to deal with the problem from Australia's peak union
body.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10010819%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
nz: Parents warned of chatroom dangers
The conviction of a doctor for sexual offences with
girls as young as 13 whom he met over the internet
highlights the dangers children face in online
chatrooms, the Internet Safety Group says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3576498
eu: Safer internet Forum meeting: “Towards a European
Code of Conduct for Internet Service Providers"
On 24 June, the European Commission invited leading
associations of Internet Service providers and
industry players to an exploratory meeting in
Luxembourg to discuss the scope for a European Code of
Conduct for Internet service providers, particularly
in the field of protection of minors.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=1230
Internet Filters Are: [Good] [Bad] [Both]
For all the fuss, filters alone may never prove to be
the solution to keeping smut away from young Internet
users.
http://nytimes.com/2004/07/04/weekinreview/04schw.html
China to censor text messages
China is expanding its censorship controls to cover
text messages sent using mobile phones.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3859403.stm
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2211
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/02/china_text_snoop/
China Is Filtering Phone Text Messages to Regulate
Criticism
The government's campaign is meant to ensure that
people do not use mobile phone technology to undermine
one-party rule.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/03/international/asia/03chin.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_MOBILE_PHONE_SURVEILLANCE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-07-02-china-tabs-mobile_x.htm
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/02/1088488143317.html
cn: "Bware, SMS unda ctrl"
A Chinese firm announced on 11 June 2004 that it had
secured permission from the Public Security Ministry
to market its real-time surveillance system for SMS
(mobile phone text) messages. Reporters Without
Borders condemned this use of new technology to gag
free expression.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10870
"Tn kuidao, SMS vigilados"
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10873
"Fé gaf, SMS surveillés"
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10869
China führt SMS-Überwachung ein
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48835
Chinesische Regierung zensiert SMS
http://www.newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=60597&action=1
uk: Vodafone blocks access to porn
Mobile phone giant Vodafone is barring its customers
from logging onto adult websites through their
handsets in a bid to keep children away from porn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3860095.stm
http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39121881,00.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/05/voda_adult_content/
ISPs Can Check E-Mail
Backed by the clear, though perhaps out-of-date,
language of the Wiretap Act, e-mail providers have the
right to read and copy the inbound e-mail of their
clients, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The
decision sparked howls of protest from privacy
advocates, despite immediate assurances from some of
the nation's largest ISPs that they would never engage
in such practices.
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3376371
us: Editorial | Internet Decency It's a family affair
Protecting kids from Internet porn and other sexually
explicit online material remains primarily a parental
responsibility.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9060997.htm?1c
us: Justices Oppose Internet Porn Law
The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to extend a ban on
enforcement of a federal law designed to shield minors
from Internet pornography, ruling for the third time
in seven years that a congressional effort to curb
online obscenity threatens free speech.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15547-2004Jun29.html
Statement from NCMEC President and CEO Ernie Allen in
response to the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)
blocked by the Supreme Court
"For many years the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children (NCMEC) has expressed concern about
the growing problem of children being exposed to adult
pornography on the Internet. While NCMEC's primary
area of focus is illegal child pornography, NCMEC
supports efforts to protect children from content from
which they would be insulated in the physical world.
In fact, NCMEC's own research found that 1 in 4
children who are regular Internet users are exposed to
unsolicited sexual material online. This is a problem
that touches millions of children.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1667
us: Interception of E-Mail Raises Questions
In an online eavesdropping case with potentially
profound implications, a federal appeals court ruled
it was acceptable for a company that offered e-mail
service to surreptitiously track its subscribers'
messages.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/7-1-2004/20040701053026_06.html
us: Another Visit to the Good Old Days
Just two years ago I wrote this commentary which
compares the misadventures of my youth to the world
children face today. The issue is well worth
revisiting. It matters not if we make our homes in
small towns or large cities, we still face each day
with deep routed fears for the future of our children.
http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/s/segel/2004/segel070304.htm
Wick Hill tips new web filter
Internet content filtering firm PureSight has become
Wick Hill's latest vendor partner, offering what the
specialist distributor has claimed is an advanced new
technology.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1156412
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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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au: NAB fights phishing with SMS
NATIONAL Australia Bank has moved to crack down on
internet banking scams, flagging the introduction of a
tough new security regime that will offer customers a
one-time PIN via SMS on their mobile phones before
using the bank's site.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10018981%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
nz: Internet invader adds calls worth $500 to couple's
phone bill
When Whakatane couple Nicole and Danis Mazar received
a $1200 phone bill from Telecom they each thought the
other had been making a lot of toll calls.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3576196
Russian police rounds up an organized criminal group
Officers of Russian cyber police (Department K of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs) nipped in the bud
activities of a big organized criminal group, that has
been manufacturing and selling special technical
devices for secret obtaining of information from
technical channels of radio communications for several
years, including computer information and information
processed in computer system.
http://crime-research.org/news/03.07.2004/467/
ca: Web providers say child porn too tough to track
Child pornography was recently brought bac kinto the
public forum when Michael Briere admitted he viewed
child pornography before abducting, assaulting and
killing 10-year-old Holly Jones last year.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1087861314149_83270514?hub=SciTech
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SPAM
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Britain joins global fight against spam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says it has reached
an agreement with officials in the United Kingdom and
Australia to fight unwanted "spam" e-mail.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5578566
Agreement on fighting spam
AUSTRALIA has signed anti-spam agreements with the US,
Britain and Thailand to fight the plague of
unsolicited email.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10042121%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Britain joins global fight against spam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says it has reached
an agreement with officials in the United Kingdom and
Australia to fight unwanted "spam" e-mail.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5578566
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INTERNET USE
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Clicking Into the Kerry Coffers for a One-Day Online
Record
Senator John Kerry collected more than $34 million in
June, including $3 million raised online on Wednesday,
setting a record for single-day Internet fund-raising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/02/politics/campaign/02donate.html
us: Kerry Net Strategy Now on Voters
Sen. John Kerry could have given a stump speech at
Kitty Martin's fund-raiser in her San Francisco home.
But he didn't. Kerry spoke on a conference call to
thousands of supporters gathered at more than 1,200
house parties around the country last Saturday. But
Martin found it difficult to set it up in her living
room.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64066,00.html
us: Bush and Kerry sites 'not secure'
A respected US net privacy advocate uncovers privacy
holes in the main presidential candidates' websites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3861255.stm
Google bans GMail sales
GMail sellers beware, Google wants to stop people
profiting from the trade in popular e-mail addresses.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3859501.stm
http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39121860,00.htm
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5254366.html
Google untersagt kommerzielle Weitergabe von GMail
Accounts
http://www.newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=60601&action=1
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WSIS
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More Fund for Second Phase of WSIS
THE fund raising campaign for the second phase of the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-2005)
slated to hold in Hammemet, Tunisia, in November 2005,
has continued to receive support.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200407010239.html
The Human Rights Caucus stresses major advances
despite attempts of blockage
After the conclusion of the first preparatory
committee (PrepCom1) of the second phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which took
place in Hammamet (Tunisia) from 24 to 26 June, 2004,
the Human Rights Caucus is pleased with the noteworthy
advances which the starting of the Tunis phase has
finally shown, despite unacceptable practices of a
number of agent provocateurs who attempted to disrupt
the work of civil society organizations and to
discredit the Caucus and its members.
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/hris-pr-020704-en.html
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Does Kazaa matter?
The owners of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software
have withstood assaults from the record industry for
years, but now they're facing a new enemy that may be
even harder to fight: competition.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5253431.html
Aussie Kazaa case heads for November trial
Sharman Networks is likely to face a Sydney court by
the end of this year.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39159406,00.htm
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Criminal Law in Cyberspace
Two of the most talked-about crimes of the year, the
ILoveYou computer worm and the denial of service
attacks on Yahoo, eBay, and ETrade, suggest that a new
form of crime is emerging: cybercrime. Thousands of
these crimes occur each year, and the results are
often catastrophic; in terms of economic damage, the
ILoveYou worm may have been the most devastating crime
in history, causing more than $11 billion in losses.
This paper asks how cybercrime is best deterred. It
identifies five constraints on crime - legal
sanctions, monetary perpetration cost, social norms,
architecture, and physical risks - and explains how
each of these constraints may be reduced by committing
crime in cyberspace. The ease of cybercrime risks
negative substitution effects, as offenders move away
from realspace and look towards the Net. Because
cybercrime requires fewer resources and less
investment to cause a given level of harm, the law
might want to use approaches that differ somewhat from
those in realspace. In part, this is so because
computers provide a cheaper means to perpetrate crime.
Criminal law must be concerned not only with punishing
crime ex post, but with creating ex ante barriers to
inexpensive ways of carrying out criminal activity.
For example, if computers serve as substitutes for
conspirators, then law might develop doctrines that
treat computers as quasi-conspirators and establish
inchoate liability.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID249030_code001108520.pdf?abstractid=249030
I Spy Something Read! Employer Monitoring of Personal
Employee Webmail Accounts, by Kevin W. Chapman
An employee arrives at work, logs onto Hotmail, types
a quick message to his wife, sends a quick e-mail to
friends about catching tonight’s game at the bar, and
forwards the latest joke that is a little risqué.
This type of e-mail use is common in corporate America
among employers of all sizes. However, use of
personal e-mail at work is no minor distraction.
Consider an average size company of 1,000 employees—if
the employees spend only one hour of each day on the
Internet or using e-mail, the cost to the company
could be greater than $35 million dollars in lost
productivity in one year.
http://www.jolt.unc.edu/Vol5_I1/pdf/Chapman%20v5i1.pdf
http://www.jolt.unc.edu/Vol5_I1/web/Chapman%20v5i1.htm
Follow the Leaders: A Constructive Examination of
Existing Regulatory Tools that Could Be Applied to
Internet Gambling, by Ronnie D. Crisco, Jr.
The comment begins with a summary of the status of
Internet gambling under current federal law. Then,
the basis for choosing each analytical model is
established. Both models are replete with lessons
that policymakers can adapt looking for a
comprehensive legislative response to Internet
gambling.
http://www.jolt.unc.edu/Vol5_I1/web/Crisco%20v5i1.htm
http://www.jolt.unc.edu/Vol5_I1/pdf/Crisco%20v5i1.pdf
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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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ITU Focuses on Next Generation Networks
Two new important Focus Groups have been established
in the ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Sector
dealing with standardization for Next Generation
Networks (NGN). Focus Groups are an instrument
created by ITU–T to provide an additional working
environment for the quick development of standards in
specific areas. The procedure in ITU-T Recommendation.
A.7 defines how an "arms-length" entity (called a
"Focus Group" in ITU-T parlance) can be created to
work with an ITU–T Study Group as a parent body while
at the same time maintaining a high degree of
independence, in particular concerning working
methods, types of outputs, membership, financing, and
administration.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/06/30.html#a706
Microsoft pays EU in full
Microsoft has paid the $600 million fine handed down
by the European Commission in its antitrust ruling
against the company.
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+pays+EU+in+full/2100-1014_3-5255715.html
Microsoft revamps its web search
Microsoft dumps "paid-for" results in its new-look
search tool.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3857635.stm
A look at the pros and cons of e-government
The world is heading online, and that includes our
public governmental agencies. In a recent report by
the Pew Internet & American Life Project on "how
Americans get in touch with government," the
conclusion is drawn that "Internet users benefit from
the efficiency of e-government, but multiple channels
are still needed for citizens to reach agencies and
solve problems." The findings that support this
conclusion are worthy of consideration.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ericjsinrod/2004-06-30-sinrod_x.htm
A brief history of Wi-Fi
Few people have a kind word to say about telecoms
regulators. But the success of Wi-Fi shows what can be
achieved when regulators and technologists work
together
http://economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2724397
Unix's founding fathers
Dennis Ritchie invented C and was one of the key
members of the team behind Unix—two developments that
underpin much modern software
http://economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2724348
uk: BBC websites must redraft remit
The BBC has just under four months to redefine the
remit for its online services, the government says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3866297.stm
Microsoft wants EU to learn from its U.S. victory
Microsoft says a U.S. antitrust court victory last
week has a lot to teach Europeans at a time when the
software giant faces a major antitrust case here, but
experts differ over whether the U.S. decision will
make a difference.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5582091
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+wants+EU+to+learn+from+its+U.S.+victory/2100-1014_3-5257064.html
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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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us: Feds target child pornography in East Valley
In what one official called "the grimmest law
enforcement work that I think we do," federal agents
are pursuing three investigations into East Valley
residents and have 100 leads on Arizona residents who
might be trading illegal child pornography over the
Internet.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/tempe/articles/0703mpornZ10.html
us: Alaska Men Face Federal Child Pornography Charges
(news release)
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
investigation has resulted in the federal indictments
of Robert W. Boatwright, 56, William S. Potts, 42, and
Dean B. Bower, 45, on child pornography charges.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsrel/articles/070204alaska.htm
us: 2 with HIV jailed in teen sex case
Two men suspected of using an Internet chat room to
lure a 15-year-old boy to a Phoenix home have admitted
to filming themselves having sex with as many as 30
other underage boys, police said.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0702computersex02.html
us: Wilberger suspect faces child pornography charges
The Tigard man linked to the disappearance of a
19-year-old Brigham Young University student is facing
child pornography charges in Washington County.
http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=28303
us: Jetson employee arrested on child pornography
charges
A longtime employee of the Jetson Correctional Center
for Youth, which is located just north of Baton Rouge,
was placed under arrest today on charges of possession
of child pornography.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/070304/new_jetson001.shtml
us: Kim indicted on child pornography charges
Panty thief suspect Sung Koo Kim appeared in
Washington County Court Thursday to face some of the
most serious charges against him to date: 16 counts of
downloading and possessing child pornography.
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68827
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=82943
us: Two Men Indicted For Child Pornography
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two
Independence, Mo., men in separate and unrelated cases
of child pornography.
http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=1983498&nav=1PubOLsP
us: Retired judge charged with having child porn
A retired Orleans County Family Court judge has been
charged with possession of child pornography,
according to Medina police and the FBI.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040702/4024610.asp
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_16111
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9E94DDF8-A6F1-48C1-90CC-71618569FE65
us: Baby sitter sentenced to 15 years for child
pornography
A Maryville baby sitter was sentenced Tuesday to 15
years in federal prison without parole for advertising
child pornography on the Internet.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/9041929.htm?1c
us: Soldier allegedly possessed child porn
A 39-year-old Fort Benning soldier accused of
downloading and transmitting child pornography through
the Internet remained held Thursday night at a Lee
County jail after he was arrested following a
four-month multi-agency investigation.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/9061104.htm
us: Bail granted in child porn case
A teacher arrested on child pornography and
endangering charges was released on bail Wednesday but
is not allowed to use a computer or have contact with
children under the age of 16.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040701/1046438.asp
us: Newark man, 50, arrested, suspected of e-mailing
porn to detective posing as girl
San Jose police arrested a Newark man on suspicion of
sending sexually graphic material over the Internet to
an undercover detective posing as a preteen girl.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/9063531.htm?1c
us: Parents' suspicions helped police target teacher
A girl's parents' curiosity about why she would not go
out for the basketball team may have set the dominoes
falling toward the arrest of a former
Penn-Harris-Madison teacher on child molesting
charges.
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/07/02/local.20040702-sbt-FULL-D1-Parents__suspicions.sto
us: Karate instructor free on bond after child-porn
sting
An Amarillo karate instructor remains free on bond
after being charged in Potter County with four counts
of possession or promotion of child pornography.
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/070304/new_karateinstru.shtml
us: Youth Group Leader Arrested For Child Pornography
FBI agents arrested Russel Earl Miller on Thursday,
after finding child pornography pictures in his North
Carolina Home.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/georgia/news-article.aspx?storyid=20913
us: Louisiana juvenile prison official faces child
pornography counts
A juvenile prison school administrator arrested for
alleged possession of child pornography images told
investigators he had printed the materials from the
Internet years ago and forgotten they were in his
home, police said.
http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040703/APN/407030761
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