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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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us: Phoenix looks to ban online porn in libraries
Mayor Phil Gordon and some City Council members want
Phoenix to change the policy that allows adults
unrestricted Internet access to pornography on library
computers.
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=92696
au: One in five children stalked on net
Nearly one child in every five using the internet has
been approached online by a stranger and 47 per cent
have been exposed to inappropriate material, such as
pornography, according to a national survey of parents
to be published today.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/19/1092889284067.html
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/20/1092889291191.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39156879,00.htm
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=12&Art_ID=21172
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=14887
http://theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10508310%255E21669,00.html
ninemsn and NetAlert partner to create a safer
Internet for Australian families (news release)
http://netalert.org.au/01528-ninemsn-and-NetAlert-partner-to-create-a-safer-Internet-for-Australian-families.asp
au: ALP rejects porn filter plan Premium (sub req'd)
Labor has dismissed contentious proposals to force
internet service providers to block pornographic web
content, arguing that the measures would not work.
http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/08/22/1093113056146.html
sg: Move over e-mail, porn hits cellphones
'What's the colour of the panties you are wearing
now?'. That rude SMS message only stayed on Ms Annie
Chua's phone for a brief moment, but it was enough to
still remind her of how outraged she felt when she
received it.
http://computertimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,5104,2693,00.html?
kr: Teenagers to Be Blocked From Cyber Pornography
The government will implement a set of comprehensive
and systematic measures to prevent illegal harmful
information from reaching juveniles.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200408/kt2004081918161611810.htm
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=13742
uk: Internet Users Must Understand Their Online
Responsibilities
Vigilance of Internet users is imperative to combating
unlawful and illegal online content.
http://www.ispa.org.uk/html/media/usersresponsibilities.html
uk: Watchdog not amused by e-mail jokers
Regulations come in after survey found that nearly one
in 10 employees of British companies has sent a joke
e-mail to the wrong person
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040820.gtjoke0820/BNStory/Technology/
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/employment/0,39020648,39164149,00.htm
ph: 'Text tax' sparks first cyber-protest in
Philippines
A consumer group said it would lead the first
cyber-protest in the Philippines to denounce
government plans to tax mobile phone text messaging or
SMS, which is more common here than making a phone
call.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/99895/1/.html
eu: Should your provider block access to websites
containing child porn?
Polls held in European countries show that lately, so
many paedophilia-related scandals have shaken Europe
that most citizens vote for toughening penalties for
juvenile molesters,
http://crime-research.org/news/20.08.2004/573/
mv: Call for European Union to press for release of
cyber-dissidents
Reporters Without Borders called today on the European
Union to obtain the release of four Maldivian
cyber-dissidents, including three persons working for
the e-mail newsletter Sandhaanu, who have been jailed
since police broke up a 13 August pro-democracy
demonstration. One of them, Ahmad Didi (photo), has
been tortured and is reported to be in critical
condition.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11171
China banks probe Web porn transactions
China's banks are scrutinising online transactions for
links to pornographic websites as the country cracks
down on Internet sex, Xinhua's online service says.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6025354
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39164218,00.htm
Anti-violence rules in effect at L.A. cybercafes
A new city law designed to prevent violence at
cybercafes quietly took effect Saturday, but
authorities had no inspections planned to check for
compliance with the tighter rules.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/08/22/regulating.cybercafes.ap/index.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: The Anti-Phishing Act of 2004: A Useful Tool
Against Identity Theft
FindLaw columnist and U. Washington law professor
Anita Ramasastry explores the current federal laws --
and the proposed new federal law -- that could be
applied to address the phenomenon of "phishing." As
Ramasastry explains, phishing is a particularly
pernicious type of Internet identity theft scam --one
that involves fraudulently copying legitimate
businesses' emails and websites in an attempt to
extract information from the business's customers on
false pretenses.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20040816.html
us: Wiretapping on the Net: Who pays?
At first glance, it might seem like the simple
extension of a standard tool in the fight against the
bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to
monitor criminals and terrorists is costly and
complex, and complying with government rules is
potentially a big burden on new businesses trying to
sell the service.
http://iht.com/articles/535224.html
Robbing banks using e-mail
It's difficult to prosecute phishing scams because the
perpetrator could be anywhere in the world.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1093082808131570.xml
au: Teachers fall victim to bullying on website
Police are investigating a student website which
recommended that teachers be "executed", burnt or sent
to "Auschwitz" in the latest case of technological
abuse by cyber-savvy teenagers.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/18/1092765017408.html
us: California Assembly approves employee e-mail
protection
Employers will be required to inform employees if job
site e-mail and Internet activities are being
monitored, under legislation approved Monday by the
state Assembly.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/9424741.htm
Hong Kong police look into prank e-mail service
Hong Kong police said Friday they were investigating
an Internet service that posts bogus e-mail to
unwitting recipients claiming to be from the police
and other official organizations.
http://beta.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=5733
British Gas warns punters about rogue diallers
British Gas is writing to all of its 400,000 telephone
customers warning them about rogue dialler scams that
hijack their computers and run up huge phone bills.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/rogue_dialler_gas/
sg: Singapore to implement national anti-terrorism
strategy
Dr Tony Tan has said that he plans to give priority to
implementing a national terrorism strategy during his
tenure as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister
http://crime-research.org/news/21.08.2004/576/
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POLICY
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nz: ICT industry umbrella group proposed
Moves are afoot to organise an ICT industry umbrella
secretariat to coordinate communication between the
industry and the government. Internet New Zealand
chief executive Peter Macaulay has been canvassing
industry bodies and government and says he’s got broad
verbal buy-in to the concept but that the respective
organisations need to get approval from their
councils.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/109CAA3B70FB6E52CC256EF80026C88B
uk: Green light for cyber pharmacies
The government has given the go ahead for
Internet-only pharmacies as part of a wider strategy
to allow patients easier access to prescriptions and
other pharmaceutical services.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6013149
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3009523a28,00.html
ISOC-ZA seeks new blood
The Internet Society of SA is calling on members to
make nominations for its executive committee, due to
be elected at the organisation's next AGM.
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech2.asp
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SPAM
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uk: Net firms set sights on spammers
British internet providers are getting tough with
websites that use spam to drum up business.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3579096.stm
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2101&Page=1
Summer of spam sees porn e-mails up by 350% - report
Levels of pornographic e-mails have shot up by almost
350 per cent since June, and in what appears to be an
attempt to match supply with demand, healthcare spam
(most of which was Viagra) has also risen
significantly, according to the latest spam survey by
internet security firm Clearswift.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2697
Messaging spam heads for your PC
As internet firms are doing all they can to combat
junk e-mail, a new form of virtual irritation is
emerging.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3581148.stm
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INTERNET USE
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WSIS
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Macht und Geld im Cyberspace
Wie der Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS)
die Weichen für die Zukunft stellt.
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/html/buch_16.html
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: File-Sharing Sites Found Not Liable for
Infringement
A court ruled that the distributors of software used
by millions of people to exchange music files over the
Internet cannot be held liable for aiding copyright
infringement.
http://nytimes.com/2004/08/20/technology/20digital.html
us: File-sharing systems in legal win
Fans of file-sharing have been handed a significant
victory by a US court.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3582558.stm
http://news.com.com/Kazaa+owner+takes+heart+in+P2P+ruling/2100-1027_3-5318335.html
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RESEARCH ARTICLES
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Access all areas
Scientific publishing is having to change rapidly to
respond to growing pressure for free access to
published research
http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3061258
eu: Impact of free/open source software on innovation
and the competitiveness of the information and
communication technologies (ICT) sector in the EU
The study should analyse the economic impact of free
and open source software (F/OSS) on the structure and
dynamics of the ICT sector in Europe, as well as in
the overall economy. The study should first draw the
current picture with regards to the market share of
F/OSS in the global and European software market. It
should then analyse the economic impact of the
projected deployment of F/OSS in the ICT producing
sector in Europe. Moreover, it should analyse the
dynamics and the innovation potential that the
proliferation pf F/OSS could bring about in the
European economy (including in the IT producing and
using sectors, and the society overall); the study
should project the prospects for F/OSS in the short
and long-term future, should describe different
scenarios and identify relevant policy challenges. In
this respect, it should seek for relevant competitive
advantages of the European IT sector in this field,
and should explore how such advantages could be
further leveraged.
http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/Exec;jsessionid=1772333CE8D64121FFF3B9DF8134299E.taurus1?DataFlow=call_one_detail.dfl&Template=TED/result_one_detail.xsl&TableName=TED_EN&Query=ND:%22110974%202004%22&Lang=EN&StatLang=EN
us: Travel sites agree to be more accessible to blind
In one of the first enforcement actions of the
Americans with Disabilities Act on the Internet, two
major travel services have agreed to make sites more
accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9443805.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16819-2004Aug19.html
Google's IPO rollercoaster
Were the internet-search firm's founders just a bit
too greedy?
http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3103916
Holes left in Windows XP update
Security firms are starting to find loopholes and bugs
in the SP2 security update for Windows XP.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3583860.stm
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/268D8667DD22D567CC256EF500147154?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Trying to Take Technology to the Masses
Raj Reddy was fed up debating the problem of the
digital divide between the rich and the poor and
decided to do something about it.
http://nytimes.com/2004/08/16/technology/16combo.html
http://indiadaily.com/breaking_news/5535.asp
http://hindustantimes.com/news/181_952378,00040007.htm
au: Papers have a future, just add the news
Broadsheet newspaper readers are a dying breed.
Free-to-air television is losing out to the internet,
mobile phones and DVDs. Young people aren't interested
in news.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/18/1092765017235.html
WHEN FREE SOFTWARE ISN'T
Before installing that "free" software tool, you'd do
well to read the fine print that comes with it.
http://www.forbes.com/2004/08/16/cx_ah_0816tentech.html
Senior officials from the Asia Pacific meet in Beijing
on e-government
The State Council Informatization Office (SCITO),
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China,
UNDP-Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
(UNDP-APDIP) and Cisco Systems organised a high-level
e-Government meeting entitled the APAC Public Services
Summit in Beijing on 15 and 16 July 2004. The summit
featured presentations on the theme “Connectivity and
Competitiveness: New Models for E-Government in China,
Asia-Pacific, and the World.” More than 160 attendees,
including several vice ministers, senior government
officials and representatives of regional
intergovernmental bodies, participated in the
gathering.
http://digital-review.org/aud12a.htm
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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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uk: TOWN CLERK KILLED BY TRAIN FACED CHILD PORN
CHARGES
A TOWN clerk who is thought to have committed suicide
by walking in front of a train was at the centre of a
child porn probe by police.
http://www.cumbria-online.co.uk/viewarticle.asp?id=126717
us: Child Porn Allegedly Found On Cell Phone
A Waterloo man was charged with possessing child
pornography on his cell phone.
http://www.theiowachannel.com/technology/3669581/detail.html
us: P2P PATROL to Combat Child Pornography (news
release)
The Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)
is expanding its initiative to combat child
pornography through law enforcement support,
deterrence, and user education programs. The DCIA is
a trade association dedicated to the advancement of
file sharing to benefit consumers as well as
technology and entertainment companies.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-22-2004/0002236444&EDATE=
us: Man Convicted Of Possessing Child Pornography
An Excelsior man was convicted Friday of three felony
counts of possessing child pornography.
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_234141458.html
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/9456025.htm
us: Former Teacher Facing More Child Pornography
Charges
A former Boyle County teacher is facing more child
pornography charges, according to the Kentucky State
Police.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2200725&nav=0RZFQ5Da
us: Man gets 10 years for downloading child
pornography
A Billings man who admitted downloading child
pornography on his computer will spend more than 10
years in federal prison.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/08/20/build/local/55-child-porn.inc
us: Norwalk man charged with child pornography
possession
Federal authorities charged a Norwalk man with child
pornography possession yesterday, weeks after city
police arrested him for allegedly molesting a
13-year-old boy.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.porn3aug20,0,3728802.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines
us: Former Houston man accused in Fla. crime
The Fort Lauderdale police SWAT team had a plan that
went unused for raiding the home of a man accused of
killing one Broward County sheriff's deputy and
wounding another from a multi-agency task force on
child pornography.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2752207
us: Sheriff Jenne defends deadly house raid
A day after one Broward Sheriff's Office deputy was
killed and another wounded while trying to serve a
warrant, Sheriff Ken Jenne backed the decision by the
commanders of the child pornography task force to
storm the suspect's house.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-crisk21aug21,0,6252769.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
us: Horrific events leave friends, relatives of
suspect stunned
Relatives and friends knew them as two kind men
devoted to each other in a long-term, monogamous
relationship. But from the privacy of their home,
however, Kelly Ray Jones cruised online chatrooms as
FTLBAREBACK, looking for sex partners and child
pornography, and Kenneth Wilk presented himself as
COPWARNING, alerting chatters to police sting
operations, investigators said in court records.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cwilk22aug22,0,6187233.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
us: Man gets 10 years for downloading child
pornography
A Billings man who admitted downloading child
pornography on his computer will spend more than 10
years in federal prison.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/08/20/build/local/55-child-porn.inc
us: Norwalk man charged with child pornography
possession
Federal authorities charged a Norwalk man with child
pornography possession yesterday, weeks after city
police arrested him for allegedly molesting a
13-year-old boy.
http://stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.porn3aug20,0,3728802.story
us: Shallowater Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography
Charges
A Shallowater man pleaded guilty to child pornography
charges Tuesday in a Lubbock Federal Courtroom.
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=2193625&nav=CcXHQ1Yt
us: Deputy killed serving child porn warrant
A sheriff's deputy was shot to death and another
wounded Thursday as they served a search warrant
seeking child pornography, officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/08/19/deputy.killed.ap/index.html
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5379
us: Simpsonville Man Arrested On Child Pornography
Charges
A Simpsonville man is in custody on child pornography
charges, and investigators say there may be other
victims.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wgal/20040817/lo_wyff/2334030
us: Retired judge pleads guilty to child porn
A retired judge facing 14 felony child-pornography
counts has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, and
authorities say he will likely face three years'
probation.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040820/4051747.asp
us: Father of 3 admits to collecting child porn
A Friendswood man who said he collected child
pornography on his home computer to keep from
molesting his own three daughters is facing 10 years
in prison after pleading guilty earlier this week.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2747881
us: Teacher Appears in Court on Child Pornography
Charges
A teacher from Orange Park has been taken out of the
classroom as the FBI launches a child pornography
investigation.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=22880
us: Man pleads guilty to child porn charges
A Friendswood man has pleaded guilty in federal court
to possessing and receiving hundreds of pieces of
child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=23236
us: Milford man facing child porn charges
A Milford man who has been serving a child pornography
conviction in Florida is back in the state to face
similar charges.
http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2196231&nav=1VGmQ2qJ
http://www.nbc30.com/news/3665563/detail.html
us: Photo Developer Alerts Police To Apparent Child
Porn
A South Jersey man is behind bars, charged with sexual
assault and child pornography.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/3667304/detail.html
us: Authorities return to home of man accused of
collecting child porn
Olmsted Falls Police have returned for a closer look
at Jimmy Ray Thompson’s home.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=22341
us: High School Teacher Charged With Possessing Child
Porn
A suspended high school teacher who was accused
earlier of sexually abusing three teenage boys now has
been charged with ten counts of possessing child
pornography.
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_232164304.html
us: Retired judge pleads guilty to child porn charge
A retired judge has pleaded guilty to charges stemming
from a child pornography arrest.
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2194488McFarland
Man Implicated In Child Porn Ring
us: McFarland Man Implicated In Child Porn Ring
State investigators have seized the home and business
computer equipment of a McFarland man as they check a
child porn Internet site likely created by the
suspect.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040820/lo_wisc/2338869
us: ARCH director indicted on porn charges
The director of a Granite City-based home for
recovering alcohol and drug addicts was recently
indicted on child pornography charges.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neighborhoods/stories.nsf/Neighborhoods/News/story/CDE37F417A277A6686256EF3006F29E6?OpenDocument&Headline=ARCH+director+indicted+on+porn+charges
us: Clay Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges
A teacher at Tynes Elementary School has been charged
with possession and distribution of child pornography.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040817/lo_wjxt/2332964
us: NYC Cop Arrested In Internet Sex Sting
A New York City police officer was arrested at what he
thought would be a sexual rendezvous with a teenage
boy, six months after he was caught calling himself a
"boy hunter" in an Internet chat profile, officials
said.
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=87
us: Man pleads guilty to child porn charges
A Friendswood man has pleaded guilty in federal court
to possessing and receiving hundreds of pieces of
child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=23236
us: 1 BSO deputy killed, 1 wounded in Lauderdale
kiddie porn raid
A man who authorities say nursed a bitter attitude
toward police, an interest in child pornography and a
love of weapons hid in his house Thursday morning and
waited until the police officers who had arrived to
arrest him came into view.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pccopshot20aug20,0,2339006.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
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