general internet news - September 27 - censorship & child protection

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

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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: A typology of online child pornography offending
The Internet has increased the range, volume and
accessibility of sexually abusive imagery, including
child pornography. Child pornography depicts the
sexual or sexualised physical abuse of children under
16 years of age. Australia has joined many other
nations in an international effort to combat this
multi-faceted global menace that combines both heavily
networked and highly individualised criminal
behaviour. This paper examines the typology of online
child pornography offending, as well as law
enforcement responses to the problem. This work is a
result of a collaborative program between the
Australian Institute of Criminology and the Australian
High Tech Crime Centre.

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi279t.html

nz: Porn protection for NZ schools
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is quering the amount
of inappropriate images being sighted on school
computers. In a new audit undertaken by the MOE, 40%
of images downloaded on school computers were sexually
explicit or objectionable and may breach film and
video censorship laws.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/448396%3fformat=html

Austrian Catholics stage exodus over priest sex
scandals
AUSTRIANS are leaving the Catholic Church in droves in
disgust at two high-profile sex scandals involving
child pornography and allegations of the molestation
of young boys, Church leaders said yesterday.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1122942004

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_re_eu/austria_church_exodus_1

au: CityRail workers quit over email porn
Up to 80 CityRail workers have allegedly been
implicated in the circulation of pornographic emails.

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/25/1095961911889.html

VeriSign Touts Childrens' Online Identity Token
VeriSign and a children's safety group unveiled a new
technology on Thursday that they said would make it
easier for children to avoid child predators online.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6318954

http://news.com.com/VeriSign+creates+kid+credentials/2100-1026_3-5380589.html

http://fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0920/web-verisign-09-24-04.asp

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39167441,00.htm
VeriSign ofrece fichas para detectar a menores en
Internet
 http://es.news.yahoo.com/040924/44/3no2t.html
VeriSign lancia tecnologia per protezione dei bambini
online
 http://it.news.yahoo.com/040924/58/2y8dn.html

New Pilot Scheme for Internet Safety (news release)
WISE KIDS is working in partnership with the Welsh
Assembly Government and the Wales Youth Agency to
develop and deliver a pilot, innovative “Internet
WISE” peer mentoring programme for young people. The
programme, which is aimed at 14-19 year olds, can be
delivered by youth workers, teachers, librarians, in
fact any learning providers who work with young
people. It is anticipated that this programme will be
OCN accredited. WISE KIDS is a Wales based
organisation promoting positive and safe Internet use.
 http://wisekids.org.uk/pressrelease23rdsept2004.PDF

in: Avengers run amok on the NetAdd to Clippings
Cyberspace is becoming the new route to revenge.
Bangaloreans with hi-tech skills and the desire to
settle scores are increasingly resorting to electronic
obscenity to damage reputations, pursue and terrorise.
And more often than not, women are being targeted by
these cyber stalkers.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/860188.cms

us: Library patrons taking anti-porn rule well
Brad Hjerp , 27, tapped in the address of his favorite
Gothic Web site on a Phoenix library computer as he
has hundreds of times. But instead of titillating
clothes and sexually explicit words, trademarks of the
"dark lifestyle" site, a black screen popped up:
Access Denied.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/centralphoenix/articles/0924ext-library924Z4.html

za: Tough new measures to fight child porn
Large corporate companies could be prosecuted if any
of their staff were caught with child pornography in
their emails or attachment folders thought to have
been deleted.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040925100429829C515846

de: Hacking Against Neo-Nazis? 
Even though the results didn't come as a surprise,
many Germans were shocked at the success of extreme
right-wing parties celebrating their success in two
state elections. German bloggerville also had
something to say.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1337123,00.html

Google omits controversial news stories in China
The internet's most popular search engine Google has
been accused of supporting Chinese internet controls
by omitting contentious news stories from search
results in China.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996426

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/9-24-2004/20040924153009_072.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49509-2004Sep25.html
 http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65089,00.html

Iran's bloggers in censorship protest
Hundreds of Iranian online journals have been
protesting against media censorship by renaming their
websites after pro-reformist newspapers and websites
that have been banned or shut down by the authorities.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3677984.stm

The Internet has made it convenient for those who
sexually exploit children
They don't even have to leave the privacy of their
homes to go looking for the smut they de-sire. But,
child predators who sexually exploit children should
beware. They should beware, because cybercrime law
enforcement agents "have their number," and classes
are being taught on how to "catch" these exploiters of
innocent children.
 http://crime-research.org/news/25.09.2004/660/

us: Online child predators beware
Child predators who sexually exploit children should
beware. The Internet has made it convenient for those
who sexually exploit children. They don't even have to
leave the privacy of their homes to go looking for the
smut they desire.

http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1614&dept_id=516589&newsid=12978282&PAG=461&rfi=9

ir: Online journalist freed but two others still held
Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the release
on 21 September of Iranian online journalist Babak
Ghafori Azar, detained for two weeks for allegedly
writing for the news website Rouydad, but said two
others arrested around the same time are still being
held and urged bloggers and other Internet users and
to send e-mail messages of support.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11452

Vietnam denies jailed cyber-dissident in poor health
(reg req'd)
Vietnam has denied reports that jailed cyber-dissident
Pham Hong Son needs urgent medical treatment for a
hernia and that he is being held in solitary
confinement, as claimed by his wife.

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/24/1095961829195.html

us: ISPs Not Liable for Failing to Block Pornography,
Rules Court
A Pennsylvania law which imposed liability on ISPs for
blocking access to child pornography was struck down
by the U.S. District Court last week. The law created
criminal penalties for ISPs that failed to censor
child pornography on sites they hosted, but in
practice, the law resulted in wider suppression of
legal sites. According to this Washington Post story,
more than 1 million legitimate sites were blocked
because of 400 offending ones. The court declared the
law unconstitutional (and cited a this paper by
Berkman Professor Jonathan Zittrain in the decision).
Read the full decision and more about the Center for
Democracy and Technology's challenge to the law.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=566

za: Tough new measures to fight child porn
Large corporate companies could be prosecuted if any
of their staff were caught with child pornography in
their emails or attachment folders thought to have
been deleted.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040925100429829C515846

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ARRESTS FOR CHILD PORN
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ch: Over 900 arrested in int''l probe against Internet
child porn
More than 900 people have been arrested worldwide as
part of an international investigation into
subscriptions to child pornography websites, including
140 in the United States, Swiss police authorities
confirmed on Thursday.
 http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/9102.asp

http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=97348940&p=973495zx&n=97349549

au: Ex-policeman guilty of child porn charges
A former central Queensland police officer, who
lectured students on child abuse, has pleaded guilty
to downloading hundreds of child pornography images.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1205632.htm

ca: Photographer into child porn
A Wolfville photographer who has taken photos of
thousands of students over the years has been yanked
from Annapolis Valley schools after officials found
out he has pleaded guilty to child pornography
charges.

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/09/23/f260.raw.html

ca: Lawyer says client's child porn was for
documentary
A lawyer says a Winnipeg documentary filmmaker charged
with possessing child pornography was doing research
for a new film he was working on.

http://www.canada.com/winnipeg/story.html?id=46818c70-94c2-4130-a9c4-234981878a8c

http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_marks20040923

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/09/23/f260.raw.html

ca: B.C. RCMP and border guards seize 100 discs full
of child porn
RCMP have seized 100 DVDs full of "loathsome and
unspeakable" child pornography destined for a
Vancouver-area address.

http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=945c06d2-4f35-4869-ac59-3aa2f2c82be3

ca: Sentence stands for child porn collector
Nunavut Crown prosecutors have failed in their attempt
to obtain a harsher sentence for a man found with
child pornography.

http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sep23chidlpornsenten23092004

ca: 100 discs full of child porn seized in B.C.
RCMP have seized 100 DVDs full of ``loathsome and
unspeakable" child pornography destined for a
Vancouver-area address.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1095891009528&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968705899037

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20040922/ca_pr_on_na/child_porn_bust_2

ca: Burnaby man charged after major child porn bust
A Burnaby man is facing charges after border agents
intercepted a stash of DVDs and videos depicting child
pornography in a package sent from southeast Asia.

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.html?id=25d81c28-c19a-44ef-bb9c-69f8b4d05b91

us: Man gets 10 years in child porn case
John "Jack" Brudnock, a former Inverness real estate
agent found guilty of possessing child pornography,
was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in state prison
and 20 years' probation.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/23/Citrus/Man_gets_10_years_in_.shtml

us: Performer facing child porn counts
A local performer well-known for his impersonation of
George Washington was arrested on federal child
pornography charges Thursday morning along with a
former housemate, ending a 13-month state and federal
investigation.
 http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/9749508.htm

us: Trial begins for cop in Internet sex case
The Internet is used by many to shop online or catch
up with old friends. But James R. Davis used it for a
different purpose, Assistant Monmouth County
Prosecutor Kevin Clark said yesterday.
 http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1059060,00.html

us: Newfane Man will Spend Time Behind Bars
A Newfane man will spend some time behind bars for
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2347819

us: Man sentenced to 100 years in prison for
recording, distributing child pornography tapes
A man was sentenced Friday to 100 years in prison for
recording his sex acts with at least 120 children in
Cuba and Ecuador, and distributing the videotapes and
CDs to customers in the United States.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/09/24/national1946EDT0716.DTL

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10873877%255E1702,00.html
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1206992.htm

us: Man's child porn trial delayed
A judge delayed a Streamwood man's child pornography
trial Wednesday to give his attorney time to review
files taken from the man's computer.

http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intid=3825316

us: Indiana man arrested on child porn, molestation
charges
Hurricane Ivan helped bring to the coast an Indiana
man wanted on charges of child pornography and
molestation, Jackson County authorities said.
 http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/9740452.htm

us: Bond set for Indiana man arrested on child
molestation charges
Bond has been set at $110,000 for Rondal Lee Johnson,
an Indiana man charged with child pornography and
molestation.
 http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/9750932.htm

http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040925/NEWS01/409250345/1002

us: Noblesville man held in child pornography case
A 43-year-old Noblesville man, accused of child
exploitation and possessing child pornography, was
being held in the Hamilton County Jail on Wednesday.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/180993-7233-009.html

us: Child Pornography Arrest
Broken Arrow Police have arrested a man accused of
possessing child pornography.

http://kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=69570

us: Simms fined $750 as result of plea bargain
David Simms started out in county Common Pleas Court
facing the possibility of spending the next 50 years
of his life in prison for allegedly possessing child
pornography on his computer.

http://reviewonline.com/news/story/0925202004_new01simmsfined.asp

us: Kavanaugh sentenced to 45 days, probation
A former board member for Liberty Common School who
pleaded guilty to child pornography charges will spend
45 days in jail and as many as 14 years on
sex-offender intensive supervised probation.

http://coloradoan.com/news/stories/20040924/news/1295146.html

us: Woman: E-mails raised red flag
An Ashby woman testified Thursday she became
"disturbed by something" when she read the e-mails of
a Fitchburg man now charged with possession of child
pornography.

http://sentinelandenterprise.com/Stories/0,1413,106~4992~2424155,00.html

us: Suffolk man who lured girls online gets 20 years
in prison
Keith David Goodman, a man who contacted girls as
young as 13 in Internet chat rooms and lured them to
his Suffolk home for sex, was sentenced to 20 years in
prison on Thursday.

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=75947&ran=221288

us: Taped phone calls played for jury
The trial of a suspended Holmdel police officer
continued yesterday with the jury hearing two hours of
graphic, taped telephone conversation between the
defendant and an undercover detective who posed as a
teen-age girl.
 http://app.com/app/story/0,21625,1060626,00.html

us: Former School Board Member Sentenced For Child
Pornography
A Larimer County school board member who had 2,500
images and 61 videos of child pornography in his home
must spend 45 days in jail and 14 years on probation,
after being sentenced Thursday.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3758112/detail.html

us: El Paso Man Arrested For Child Pornography
El Paso police have arrested a West El Paso man for
Child Pornography Possession and now they say they
need your help prosecuting him.
 http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/3750254/detail.html

us: Man charged with possession of child porn could
learn fate today
After a year-long battle over a child pornography
charge, Charles Clendenin might learn his fate as
early as today.

http://www.kcchronicle.com/SportsSection/281521031734184.php

us: Child porn hawker to get 10-year sentence
A Webster man who had over 1,000 videos of child
pornography pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court
Thursday to receiving and distributing child
pornography.

http://democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040924/NEWS01/409250305

us: Lehigh County Housing Authority director resigns
in child porn case
The executive director of the Lehigh County Housing
Authority resigned yesterday after he was charged with
using his office computers to download child
pornography from the Internet.
 http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2344833

us: Aberdonian pleads innocent to child porn charges
Michael G. Otis, 51, of Aberdeen, entered innocent
pleas Thursday to 10 counts of possession of child
pornography. His next Brown County Circuit Court date
has not been set.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9749103.htm

us: Davie man held on two dozen child sex charges
A 28-year old Davie man is being held in the Broward
Sheriff's Office Main Jail without bond on two dozen
child sex charges.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/9750523.htm

us: Jackson County Worker Fired For Child Porn
Jackson County officials fired an employee Wednesday
for allegedly using his office computer to access
child pornography.

http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=2335215&nav=1PubRCKe

us: AL Child Porno Sentence
Oxford man handed prison term in child porno case

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-9/109587656714430.xml&storylist=alabamanews

us: County worker pleads innocent to porn charges
A Novato man whose arrest sparked child porn
investigations across the country pleaded not guilty
yesterday to 29 child pornography counts.

http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~24407~2421316,00.html

us:  Director charged with child porn
A Wayne Highlands School Board member who serves on
the NEIU Board of Directors was arrested and charged
Tuesday for possessing child pornography.

http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12976483&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

us:  Former trooper to stand trial for having child
pornography
A former Pennsylvania state police trooper has pleaded
not guilty to charges he possessed child pornography
on a computer at his parents’ home in Skippack last
September.

http://pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13008252&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6

us: Fitness coach to face child porn trial
A prominent Tucson fitness and martial arts instructor
is facing seven child pornography charges in federal
court.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=092504a3_warrior
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