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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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Google's Chinese Wall
While Google admits it has removed eight news sources
from its Chinese news site, the company insists money
was not the motive. "In order to create the best
possible search experience for our mainland China
users, we will not include sites whose content is not
accessible," a Google spokesperson says.
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/37007.html
in: Threat to cybercafés
Reporters Without Borders has condemned a threat to
confidentiality of cybercafés users in Karnataka
State, southern India where the state governor is
poised to pass new regulations forcing cafés to
provide police with a register of names and addresses
of all their clients.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11488
China to pick 'healthy' Net games for young people
China set up an official body to promote "healthy"
online computer games for young people to play in its
popular internet cafes
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=15315
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1096517703168B255
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096401700159.html
cn: Elder aides sought as youth mentors
Under a nationwide plan, older volunteers are being
sought to take part in the education of children to
help remedy bad habits among youths. The plan calls
for so-called "volunteer supervisors" to be employed
to see if minors under 18 are entering banned places
such as Internet cafes.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/27/content_2028476.htm
Chinese IT student jailed for running XXX site
A 22-year-old Chinese computer student has been jailed
for four years for running a porn site. State media
reports that the student - known only by his surname
Xie - was arrested in July for flogging XXX flicks.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/29/china_jails_student/
China cracks down on free expression in the midst of
human rights dialogue with the EU
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières)
urged European Union member states and the European
Commission to condemn China's latest crackdown on
independent websites and publications at the same time
as holding dialogue on human rights with the EU.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11468
Internet Filtering & the Law
What are the legal implications of limiting access to
Internet content? In this paper, the OpenNet
Initiative -- a partnership of the Citizen Lab, the
University of Cambridge, and the Berkman Center --
finds that governments offer a range of justifications
for blocking content, from safeguarding national
security to protecting community standards. Though
filtering has tremendous effects on civil liberties,
governmental policymaking, and Internet governance,
there are few mechanisms for examining and reforming
Internet censorship. The paper emphasizes the need for
transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness to
maintain a reliable, efficient, and global medium for
communication. Read the full report on the Legal
Implications of Internet Filtering.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=581
uk: How to deal with child porn
Online watchdog the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
this month issued new advice on how IT managers should
deal with child pornography discovered on corporate
systems.
http://www.vnunet.com/analysis/1158482
us: A Caution on Kids, Technology
Today's young people do not need the technology
education they are receiving to be successful in the
21st century, and there are growing indications that
the high-tech lifestyle promoted by government and
business may be harmful to them, a new report
scheduled for release today concludes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60551-2004Sep29.html
German police pull plug on neo-Nazi website (reg
req'd)
German authorities on Wednesday smashed an Internet
site for swapping neo-Nazi propaganda and seized the
computer of its 20-year-old webmaster living in the
southern state of Bavaria.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096401688875.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Judge Strikes Down Section of Patriot Act (reg
req'd)
A federal judge ruled that the provision broadly
violated the Constitution by giving federal
authorities unchecked powers to obtain private
information.
http://nytimes.com/2004/09/30/national/30patriot.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5388764.html
http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65136,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59626-2004Sep29.html
http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/20040929decision.pdf
us: Appeals court toughens view of child porn law
Simply using computer equipment to view child
pornography is not a federal crime, a federal appeals
panel ruled Friday in reversing the conviction of a
Florida man.
http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/286975131502301.php
us: Study: Consumers take cyberattacks lightly
Consumers have a casual approach toward cybersecurity
and fail to grasp the pervasiveness of online threats,
according to a study released Thursday.
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5390749.html
Good news: 'Phishing' scams net only $500 million
The online cons known as "phishing" have cost U.S.
consumers $500 million, according to a study released
Wednesday.
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5388757.html
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1096552981309U253
uk: Online banking fraud soars as fake e-mails trick
customers
Hundreds of thousands of online bankers are leaving
themselves open to fraud, with £4.5m stolen from 2,000
people in the past nine months.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=568024
419 spammers use Holocaust to boost credibility
Experts say a 419 email scam from the Czech Republic
uses legitimate organisations and Holocaust victims to
strengthen its case
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39168766,00.htm
Hackers attack al-Qaeda group website
Hackers on Tuesday attacked a website of an al
Qaeda-linked group that beheaded two US hostages in
Iraq, rerouting visitors to a page showing a penguin
toting a machine-gun.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/450452?format=html
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POLICY
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uk: Dunblane father demands ban on gun sales over
internet
THE father of a girl killed in the Dunblane shootings
yesterday called for a clampdown on the sale of guns
on the internet as an MP revealed how he acquired an
airgun for £80 on eBay.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/25030.html
us: Arnold Vetoes Privacy Bill
A California bill protecting the privacy of internet
and e-mail usage at work met the red veto pen of Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday.
http://wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,65152,00.html
Crackdown on premium rate abuse launched in Spain
The Spanish government has passed a resolution
adopting a Code of Conduct for the provision of
premium rate services that introduces a number of
measures designed to protect consumers.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=3535
uk: Sophos in porn dialler row with UK developer
Anti-virus firm Sophos yesterday suspended detection
of a "porn dialler application", following complaints
from its UK-based developer.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/30/sophos_porn_dialler_row/
Gambling goes global: All bets are on
As it becomes steadily more respectable, the gambling
industry is trying to become a thriving global
business
http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3242391
IT: New anti-piracy law
A new anti-piracy law was recently introduced. The
law, among other things: Amends the Copyright Act and
provides for a general disclaimer relating to
compliance with copyright law when material is
published on the internet.
http://global.practicallaw.com/jsp/article.jsp?item=43706
fi: Privacy in electronic communications
A new act on the protection of privacy in the
electronic communications sector came into force on 1
September 2004. The act implements EU Directive
2002/58/EC and is aimed at protecting privacy in
electronic communications, as well as promoting the
development of new electronic communications services.
http://global.practicallaw.com/jsp/article.jsp?item=43564
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SPAM
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Net giants adopt anti-spam system
Some of the net's biggest players such as AOL, Hotmail
and Yahoo are stepping up efforts to combat spam.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3706828.stm
http://news.com.com/Gates+Microsoft+to+offer+anti-spyware/2100-7355_3-5393208.html
Poison porn pics show up online
The first images crafted to contain a malicious
program that can take control of a PC have been found
on the net.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3701640.stm
us: 'Wardriving' conviction is first under Can-Spam
A Southern California man pleaded guilty to spamming
people through unprotected hot spots, the first-ever
conviction under the Can-Spam Act, and a case that
again raises concerns about the risks of open-access
Wi-Fi service.
http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5390722.html
uk: Banks sound alarm on online fraud
The banking industry warns online customers to guard
against a new wave of sophisticated cyber-fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3707290.stm
Engineers Kill Anti-spam Effort Amid Microsoft Patent
Row
Failure to reach consensus on Sender ID has haled an
ambitious effort to create a technical standard for
curbing junk e-mail.
http://technologyreview.com/articles/04/09/ap_092804.asp
uk: Ecommerce minister wants to shut down spam
Ecommerce minister Mike O'Brien is considering
ordering internet service providers to disclose the
source of rogue emails in the battle to limit the
mounting damage caused by spam.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1158513
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INTERNET USE
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UK, Australia Web Usage and Traffic, August 2004
Nielsen//NetRatings examined where Internet users in
the United Kingdom and Australia were going and how
long they were staying during August 2004.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/big_picture/traffic_patterns/article.php/3414611
Britain becomes top data swapper
Britain is now home to the internet's biggest data
hub. In total more than 55 gigabits per second of data
are regularly passing through the London Internet
Exchange where the UK's net firms swap traffic between
each other's networks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3700290.stm
http://www.linx.net/press/releases/106.thtml
Norway has 96% mobile penetration, leads broadband
growth in Europe
Some 96 per cent of the Norwegian population now have
mobile phones as of the first half of the year, up
from a mobile penetration rate of 88 per cent in the
first half of 2003, according to new figures released
by the Norwegian post and telecoms authority Post and
Teletilsynet.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=3492
E-mail boosts romances
Electronic mail, voicemail and text messages have
broken boundaries in the office and made it easier for
people to flirt, a survey has found.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;sessionid=UJAP2GRL35UPJQFIQMGCM5WAVCBQUJVC?xml=/connected/2004/09/29/ecnemail28.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/09/29/ixconn.html
us: Web sites spoof Bush, Kerry with parodies
Spoof of contenders taking shots at each other to the
tune of 'This Land is Your Land' has been viewed more
than 65 million times since its release in July
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041001.gtparodyoct1/BNStory/Technology/
pt: Quality of internet access
The telecommunications regulator ANACOM will undertake
a study to assess the quality of the internet access
services available in Portugal.
http://global.practicallaw.com/jsp/article.jsp?item=43805
Over 50 per cent of Viagra sold online is fake
Six websites selling fake Viagra face prosecution
after an undercover inquiry found that at least half
of all impotence drugs being sold over the internet
are counterfeit.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=568386
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WSIS
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UN ICT Task Force Series 5 - Internet Governance: A
Grand Collaboration
Realizing the WSIS vision of constructing Internet
governance arrangements that are multilateral,
transparent and democratic with the full involvement
of all stakeholders is a noble challenge. Meeting it
will require goodwill among all parties, as well as
good information on which to base decisions. The
papers contributed to the United Nations Information
and Communication Technologies Task Force (ICT TF)
Global Forum on Internet Governance contain a lot of
useful information on how many different organizations
are already governing the Internet and its effects on
society. At the same time the papers suggest that a
number of important issues are not being addressed
effectively, and that in some areas there is an urgent
need to put in place new arrangements to counter real
and present threats to the stability and utility of
the Internet. These contributions helped participants
in the Forum begin the process of building a global
consensus on Internet governance – a process that
hopefully will continue beyond the second phase of the
WSIS. As a result of these contributions, the vision
of a “grand collaboration” on Internet governance is a
step closer to reality.
http://unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1392
APC reports on recent and upcoming meetings on
internet governance and the financing of ICTs in
developing countries
WSIS process continues and two issues on which
governments were unable to reach consensus during the
first phase in 2003- 'internet governance' and
'financing mechanisms'- are under the microscope. Last
month saw the first open consultation on the 'working
group on internet governance'.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=26306
US-Handelsministerium: Kein DNS-Management durch die
Vereinten Nationen
Ein Vertreter des US-Handelsministeriums erteilte
einer etwaigen Übernahme der privaten Netzverwaltung
durch die UN als Ergebnis des Weltgipfels der
Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS) eine klare Absage. Im
Rahmen einer Anhörung des
Kommunikations-Unterausschusses im US-Senat zum Status
der Internet-Verwaltung ICANN erklärte John Kneuer vom
der National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), sein Ministerium glaube nicht,
"dass irgendein existierendes UN-Gremium, wie etwa die
ITU oder die UN ICT Task Force, die Kompetenz haben,
die derzeit von der ICANN getragene Verantwortung für
die technische Koordination und das Management des DNS
zu übernehmen". Weder der Gipfel noch die vom Gipfel
beauftragte Arbeitsgruppe Internet Governance seien im
Übrigen mit der Aushandlung eines internationalen
Vertrags mit bindender Wirkung beauftragt, betonte
Kneuer. Das US-Department of Commerce übt momentan
immer noch die Oberaufsicht über die ICANN aus.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51713
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Recording Industry Sues 762 for Net Music Swaps
A recording-industry trade group said on Thursday it
had filed a new round of lawsuits against 762 people
it suspects of distributing its songs for free over
Internet "peer to peer" networks like Kazaa and
eDonkey.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=6381480
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9802911.htm
Online Music Sales to Crescendo
The digital music industry is expected to hit high
notes in the coming years, both in Europe and the U.S.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/markets/retailing/article.php/3416221
us: UCLA to stop short of P2P snooping
The University of California at Los Angeles is using
technology to discourage Net piracy of films or music,
but it's holding off on playing campus snoop, a school
official said Monday at the Digital Hollywood
conference here.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5387859.html
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Reconstructing Electronic Surveillance Law by DANIEL
J. SOLOVE, George Washington University Law School
Abstract: After the September 11th attacks in 2001,
Congress hastily passed the USA-Patriot Act which made
several changes to electronic surveillance law. The
Act has sparked a fierce debate. However, the pros and
cons of the USA-Patriot Act are only one part of a
much larger issue: How effective is the law that
regulates electronic surveillance?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=445180
Reducing Digital Copyright Infringement Without
Restricting Innovation by MARK A. LEMLEY and R.
ANTHONY REESE
In this article, we argue that unrestricted liability
for anyone who is in any way involved with copyright
infringement is a bad idea. Indirect liability is a
continuum, in which acts most closely related to
infringement and with the fewest affirmative benefits
are the easiest to condemn. Going after makers of
technology for the uses to which their technologies
may be put threatens to stifle innovation. The
fundamental difficulty is that while courts can make
decisions about direct infringement on a case-by-case
basis, lawsuits based on indirect liability
necessarily sweep together both socially beneficial
and socially harmful uses of a program or service,
either permitting both uses or condemning both.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=525662
Children at Risk: Legal and Societal Perceptions of
the Potential Threat that the Possession of Child
Pornography Poses to Society by SUZANNE OST
This article examines legal and social discourses
surrounding the phenomenon of child pornography,
considering the legal responses to child pornography
(particularly when an individual is found to be in
possession of such material), and the way in which
such material, the child, and the possessor of child
pornography are socially constructed. The article
raises the question of whether there has been a moral
panic regarding child pornography and the possession
of such material, but also considers whether there are
real reasons to consider that the possession of child
pornography should remain illegal. Research studies
which aim to establish the existence of a causal link
between possessing child pornography and the act of
committing child sexual abuse are examined, as is the
argument that criminalizing the possession of child
pornography reduces the market for such material.
Finally, there is an analysis of the possible impact
of social constructions of the child as innocent.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=325109
Internet Filtering in China by JONATHAN ZITTRAIN and
BENJAMIN G. EDELMAN
Abstract: The authors are collecting data on the
methods, scope, and depth of selective barriers to
Internet access through Chinese networks. Tests from
May 2002 through November 2002 indicate at least four
distinct and independently operable methods of
Internet filtering, with a documentable leap in
filtering sophistication beginning in September 2002.
The authors document thousands of sites rendered
inaccessible using the most common and longstanding
filtering practice. These sites were found through
connections to the Internet by telephone dial-up link
and through proxy servers in China. Once so connected,
the authors attempted to access approximately two
hundred thousand web sites. The authors tracked 19,032
web sites that were inaccessible from China on
multiple occasions while remaining accessible from the
United States. Such sites contained information about
news, politics, health, commerce, and entertainment.
The authors conclude (1) that the Chinese government
maintains an active interest in preventing users from
viewing certain web content, both sexually explicit
and non-sexually explicit; (2) that it has managed to
configure overlapping nationwide systems to
effectively - if at times irregularly - block such
content from users who do not regularly seek to
circumvent such blocking; and (3) that such blocking
systems are becoming more refined even as they are
likely more labor- and technology-intensive to
maintain than cruder predecessors.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=399920
States and Internet Enforcement by JOEL REIDENBERG
Abstract: This essay addresses the enforcement of
decisions through Internet instruments. Traditionally,
a state's enforcement power was bounded by territorial
limits. However, for the online environment, the lack
of local assets and the assistance of foreign courts
no longer constrain state enforcement powers. States
can enforce their decisions and policies through
Internet instruments. Online mechanisms are available
and can be developed for such pursuits. The starting
point is a brief justification of Internet enforcement
as the obligation of democratic states. Next, the
essay describes the movement to re-engineer the
Internet infrastructure by public and private actions
and argues that the re-engineering facilitates state
enforcement of legal and policy decisions. The essay
maintains that states will increasingly try to use
network intermediaries such as payment systems and
Internet service providers as enforcement instruments.
Finally and most importantly, the essay focuses on
ways that states may harness the power of
technological instruments such as worms, filters and
packet interceptors to enforce decisions and sanction
malfeasance.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=487965
FCC Authority to Regulate the Internet: Creating It
and Limiting It by JAMES B. SPETA
Abstract: This short paper discusses the FCC's
authority, under its so-called ancillary jurisdiction
(under Title I of the Communications Act), to address
competition problems that may arise in Internet
markets. It is argued that the FCC likely does not
have jurisdiction to address most Internet regulatory
issues, because whatever expansive readings such
ancillary jurisdiction has received in the past are no
longer tenable. The paper proposes, instead, a new,
limited statutory interconnection rule, which the FCC
could enforce in limited ways in Internet markets. The
paper also argues that, even if the FCC does have
authority to develop its own common law of Internet
regulation, a limited grant of statutory authority is
a superior regulatory construct. The paper also argues
that FCC administration of this proposed statute is
superior to remitting all Internet interconnection
problems to the common law processes of antitrust.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=490122
Will the Real Internet Please Stand Up: An Attorney's
Quest to Define the Internet by ROBERT CANNON
Abstract: We start with a problem. The problem is that
so frequently while discussing legal or regulatory
issues related to The Internet, we have no idea what
it is that we are talking about. Countless courts,
legislative bodies, and packs of pundits have sought
to produce definitions of The Internet. Their attempts
have at times been poor and misconstrued. Many
definitions do not agree. Some talk about
applications. Some talk about packets. And others are
simply too vague to be of value. And yet, not
comprehending the object of the policy, the lawyers go
merrily forward constructing on faulty foundations
new, imaginative, and perhaps misdirected policy and
law. Is it possible to formulate a good definition of
The Internet? Is The Internet the technical specs that
currently make up The Internet? Is The Internet based
on the experience of The Internet by the user? Can a
definition of The Internet reflect its robust and
flexible nature, in all of its diversity, as it exists
today and what it might become tomorrow? Is there
something wrong with this simple question about the
definition of The Internet that makes it so hard to
answer? This paper sets forth on a modest quest: make
fun of previous legal definitions of The Internet;
attempt to provide a foundational exploration of what
a good understanding of The Internet might look like;
and finally, look at why none of this (usually) should
or does matter.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=516603
Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick: An Adequate
Response to Transnational Internet Defamation? by
RICHARD GARNETT
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to assess the
adequacy of the approach taken by the High Court
according to a number of criteria of adjudicative
fairness. Firstly, does the decision treat plaintiffs
and defendants with equality in transnational
defamation litigation? Secondly, does it effectively
advance the objectives of comity between nation states
and the proper allocation of jurisdictional competence
among national courts? In considering these issues, a
number of alternative approaches to that adopted by
the Court will also be discussed.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=473041
Illegal Internet Networks in the Developing World by
JOSHUA GORDON
Abstract: Enabled by falling costs associated with
constructing international voice and data networks,
and motivated by high fees charged by incumbents for
international telecom services, illegal Internet
network operators are proliferating in many developing
countries. Unlicensed international data networks are
commonly used by competitive local Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) who do not have the means to obtain
an international gateway license, and by Internet
Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs) that deliver
international calling services utilizing
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
Incumbent telecom operators and regulatory authorities
in countries where unlicensed international networks
are prevalent claim that these networks deprive local
governments of badly needed revenue. However,
unlicensed international network operators also offer
a new, market-oriented model for bringing the
developing world online. This model is not without
political, economic, and legal risks. For example,
illegal Internet networks pose a potential global
security hazard as data transmitted over these
networks can be difficult to monitor by intelligence
agencies. Voice calls made using Internet telephony
technology over these networks can be doubly difficult
to track using existing legal intercept technology. As
evinced by a recent WTO ruling, growing recognition of
illegal telecom networks may lead the international
community to push governments of developing countries
to adopt more liberal pricing and licensing policies
and to pressure governments of developed countries to
crack down on companies in their jurisdiction that
partner with illegal network operators.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=510323
Ideology and policy: notes on the shaping of the
Internet by Katharine Sarikakis
This paper considers some of the ideologies that are
shaping Internet policies. It addresses the priorities
of international policy initiatives and identifies
their discursive constructions. It takes stock of some
of the most characteristic policy directions that seek
to define the Internet and its uses within an agenda
of predominant privatisation.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_8/sarikakis/index.html
The Accountable Internet: Peer Production of Internet
Governance by David R. Johnson, Susan P. Crawford &
John G. Palfrey, Jr.
The Internet is so important to all of us that we must
act collectively to control pernicious forms of
electronic wrongdoing online. But we should keep the
fundamental architecture and values of the Internet in
mind as we do so. An increasing ability to verify that
a message comes from someone from whom we want to hear
can enhance our individual abilities to construct an
Internet that reflects and tolerates diverse values.
We should embrace that change. The risks involved in
an Internet that makes peers accountable to one
another are much lower than the risks of empowering
any centralized global authority to make connection
decisions for individuals. Someone is already in
charge of the Internet: we are.
http://www.vjolt.net/vol9/issue3/v9i3_a09-Palfrey.pdf
Comment: Digital Deception: The Undue Influence
Enhancement in the Sentencing of Cyber-Predators
Caught in Online Sting Operations
http://www.jolt.unc.edu/Vol5_I2/pdf/Fillow%20v5i2.pdf
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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ITU Study Seeks Innovative Solutions
At the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
meeting earlier this month, preparations were begun
for the World Telecommunication Development
Conference, due to take place in March 2006 in Doha,
Qatar.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200409300590.html
ITU Warms Up for Info Society - As Qatar Prepares for
WTDC
INTERNATIONAL Telecommunication Union (ITU) member
states and sector members from both the developing and
developed world, at the weekend, ended a nine-day
meeting to approve studies that would better assist
developing countries in their transition to an
Information Society.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200409300389.html
Better Browser Now The Best
Once I turned my back on Internet Explorer, I never
looked back. Except for times when I use one online
database that supports Microsoft's dismal excuse for a
browser, I never have much use for the blue lower-case
"e" on my desktop. And more people now agree with me
than ever before.
http://forbes.com/2004/09/29/cx_ah_0929tentech.html
Microsoft fights EU Windows curbs
Microsoft was close to a deal with the European
Commission earlier this year which would have revealed
more of its secrets than it has now been ordered to
hand over, a court told.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,1317349,00.html
Japanese Schools Use Computer Chips to Keep Tabs on
Children
Some schools in Japan began trial this month in which
students carry chips that have tiny antennae and can
be traced by radio, with some of the kids attaching
the tags to their backpacks. The chips send signals to
receivers at school gates. A computer in the system
shows when a student enters or leaves. School
officials say rising concerns about student safety
prompted the idea.
http://technologyreview.com/articles/04/09/ap_2092804.asp
Microsoft fights EU Windows curbs
Microsoft was close to a deal with the European
Commission earlier this year which would have revealed
more of its secrets than it has now been ordered to
hand over, a court was told yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1317350,00.html
Founder of Web envisions a new era
The inventor of the World Wide Web told a technology
conference yesterday that making the Web more useful
hinges on a familiar challenge: getting the players
behind the technology to agree on standards governing
how computers communicate with one another.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/09/30/founder_of_web_envisions_a_new_era
Americans 'misjudge online risks'
US computers users know more about Janet Jackson's
breasts than about security software on their own PC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3708260.stm
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Australia makes child porn sweep
More than 150 people have been charged with child
pornography offences in the biggest crackdown in
Australia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3702706.stm
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041001-021611-8934r.htm
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=34288
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39124581,00.htm
http://swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5251902
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20041001101108432
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/10/2/world/9031626&sec=world
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1142762004
More Australia child porn arrests
The first Australians charged after a huge child
pornography crackdown appeared in court on Friday, as
police warned further arrests were likely.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3706124.stm
au: More than 200 snared in child porn crackdown
The Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty
says more than 200 people have now been charged in the
nationwide crackdown on child pornography.
http://abc.net.au/tasmania/news/200410/s1211180.htm
http://abc.net.au/act/news/200410/s1210886.htm
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aZRO67g9NMhs&refer=australia
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/australia.pornography/index.html
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3051612a12,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4526995,00.html
http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=313987
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/30/oz_paedo_crackdown/
More than 500 Australians in child porn inquiry
More than 500 Australians could be involved in child
pornography on the Internet, Australia's top police
officer says after nationwide raids saw more than 200
people charged with over 2,000 child pornography
offences.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=594661
au: Child pornography: a nation's shame uncovered
A teacher set up a hidden video camera in a girls'
school change room, a court heard yesterday, as police
predicted more than 500 people could be charged in
Australia's biggest child porn crackdown.
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=national&story_id=340375&category=General+News&m=10&y=2004
au: Child porn tentacles in ACT - 191 facing charges
after millions of images seized
A child-care centre owner, teachers and police
officers are among at least 191 people facing charges
after a massive nation-wide crackdown on child
Internet porn linked to organised crime in eastern
Europe.
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=national&category=general%20news&story_id=340062&y=2004&m=10
au: Child pornography web stretches across globe
THE biggest child pornography crackdown in Australia's
history can be traced to an office block in a corner
of the former Soviet Union the Russian mafia likes to
call home.
http://thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10934241%255E953,00.html
au: Australian High-Tech Crime Centre in child-porn
sweep
In the largest operation of its kind in Australia,
police have seized hundreds of computers and look set
to charge 200 people with over 2,000 child-porn
offences
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39168668,00.htm
au: No bail for teacher in porn case (all smh.com.au
articles require registration)
With his wife and parents looking on, a church youth
pastor and teacher at a Sydney Christian school sat
impassively in the dock.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/02/1096527946326.html
au: Pornography punishment different in each state
The child pornography trials will be conducted under a
mishmash of state law that could result in some
offenders being jailed for only one year.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527941090.html
au: Sickening images on the money trail as agents
track down pedophiles
There are some things that good people never want to
see. Child pornography tops that list. Last year, US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents went online
to buy some of the worst images they had ever seen.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527941093.html
au: Behind every image is untold suffering
Those who claim there is no harm in looking at child
porn are deluding themselves
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527941014.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1210309.htm
au: Child pornography web stretches across globe
THE biggest child pornography crackdown in Australia's
history can be traced to an office block in a corner
of the former Soviet Union the Russian mafia likes to
call home.
http://thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10934241%255E953,00.html
au: Porn suspects walked free: police
POLICE have revealed that a quarter of those arrested
over child pornography allegations last week had
walked free for similar crimes before, it has been
reported.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10955573%255E1702,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/02/1096527992376.html
au: Raids to go on despite deaths
FOUR men committed suicide after being investigated
for possessing child pornography, the government
confirmed, as it warned more arrests would be made
this week.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10936067%255E421,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/02/1096527971874.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3709352.stm
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10940337%255E1702,00.html
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6395037
au: Child porn crackdown to continue despite suicides
Federal Justice Minister Senator Chris Ellison says
the nationwide crackdown on child pornography,
Operation Auxin, will continue despite the suicides of
four people questioned during the operation.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041001/21/r1gg.html
au: Longer jail terms for child porn
MAXIMUM penalties for possession of child pornography
would be increased from two years' prison to five
years under legislation to be introduced in the New
South Wales Parliament.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10957111%255E1702,00.html
au: McGinty keen to extend child porn penalties
West Australian Attorney-General Jim McGinty believes
the current maximum penalty for possessing child
pornography is too lenient.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041003/21/r1sc.html
au: Police hit 400 homes in porn raid
MORE than 400 homes have been raided across Australia,
and dozens of people have been charged, after police
seized hundreds of computers containing images of
toddlers being sexually abused.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10922506%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6387629
au: Despair among parents at child porn arrests
POLICE plucked a child from the home of a Brisbane
pedophile and rescued seven others as part of a series
of internet pornography raids that has led to at least
191 people being charged.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10935269%255E2702,00.html
au: Porn arrests 'tip of the iceberg'
A MAN who owns three Melbourne childcare centres has
been caught in a massive nationwide crackdown on child
pornography in which 191 were arrested.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10936067%255E421,00.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1211751.htm
au: Anglican Church grapples with child abuse
With an Anglican priest in Victoria among those who've
been caught up in the nationwide crackdown on child
pornography, the Anglican Church will be discussing
methods of dealing with child abuse at the General
Synod starting in Perth today.
http://abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1211898.htm
au: Childcare owner's arrest creates row over
background checks
The arrest of the owner of three childcare centres in
Melbourne has sparked a furious row over the way the
background of operators and staff at childcare centres
is checked.
http://abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1211604.htm
Raids to pull plug on porn traders
SEXUAL predators who download child pornography on
their computers were likely to slow down or cease
their activities, experts have forecast.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10961628%255E421,00.html
au: Anger grows over paedophile claims
WORSHIPPERS at a church where one of those arrested in
last week's child porn raids works as a youth pastor
told yesterday of their shock after learning they had
become involved in the scandal.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10961385%255E421,00.html
au: Tougher child porn laws flagged as sailors charged
Two Sydney-based navy officers have been charged with
possession of child pornography downloaded from the
internet onto a computer on their ship.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/03/1096741900577.html
au: Tougher jail terms for child porn
ATTORNEY-General Bob Debus yesterday announced he
would be raising the maximum sentence for the
possession of child pornography from two to five
years.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10961386%255E421,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/03/1096741881212.html
au: Anger as child porn offenders walk free
Angry police have revealed that a quarter of those
arrested over child pornography allegations last week
had walked free for similar crimes before.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/02/1096527988118.html
au: Police lift lid on web of abuse
More arrests are expected in NSW after police launched
the nation's biggest assault on child pornography,
arresting almost 200 suspects.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527869981.html
# Insects emerge blinking from all their dark places
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527870466.html
# School teachers among suspects
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527870850.html
# Operation snares hundreds, rescues seven
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527870853.html
# Risk-takers who break the biggest taboo
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527870930.html
# Operation Auxin explained
http://smh.com.au/media/2004/09/30/1096527872004.html
Child sex net traps hundreds (all theage.com.au
articles require registration)
The owner of three child-care centres is among
hundreds of Australians charged with possessing child
pornography.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527865277.html
* How police cast a global net
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527865280.html
* Push to tighten background checks
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527864749.html
* Doctor on porn counts
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527864746.html
* Watched in privacy but no victimless crime
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096527864743.html
au: Child pornography 'sickening': Latham
The Federal Labor leader Mark Latham says he is
sickened by the scale of child pornography revealed
after police raids around the nation.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1211099.htm
au: Court appearances for those charged over child
porn
Court rooms across the country today started going
through the cases of the more than 200 people accused
of possession of child pornography. And although it's
not yet time for any of them to enter a plea, already
it's clear that at least one of those charged will
plead guilty. The details continue to provoke disgust.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1211601.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200410/r32641_80930.ram
au: Childcare owner's arrest creates row over
background checks
The arrest of the owner of three childcare centres in
Melbourne has sparked a furious row over the way the
background of operators and staff at childcare centres
is checked. Forty-two-year-old Scott Thompson from the
Melbourne suburb of Kew is on bail facing charges of
possessing 1,000 images of child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1211604.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200410/r32642_80932.ram
au: Over 150 people arrested in child pornography
crackdown (ABC Radio)
Teachers, doctors, police and childcare workers are
the people we trust with our children. But members of
those professions are among more than 150 people
arrested in the biggest child pornography crackdown
that Australia has ever seen.
http://abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1210731.htm
http://abc.net.au/reslib/200409/r32569_80739.ram
ca: Edmonton woman charged in child porn case
An Edmonton woman has been charged in connection with
a child pornography case.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1096773521548_59/?hub=Canada
za: KZN govt officials held on child porn charges
Two "very senior" KwaZulu-Natal officials were
arrested in connection with child pornography after
provincial offices and houses of suspected employees
were raided, police said on Friday.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw109663902051B265
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1717901-6078-0,00.html
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,88925,00.html
za: 'Major breakthrough' in child porn network
A 46-year-old man was arrested on Friday in what
Gauteng police have described as a major breakthrough
in an investigation into the production and
distribution of child pornography.
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1717920-6078-0,00.html
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,88893,00.html
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,88916,00.html
za: 'They were just babies'
A South African story about child porn made in South
Africa.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20041002102356271C661069
uk: Engineer jailed for child pornography
A CIVIL engineer who downloaded 31 images of child
pornography on his computer has been jailed for four
months.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/News/NewsStory.asp?Brand=ESTOnline&Category=News&ItemId=IPED30+Sep+2004+06%3A39%3A14%3A900
uk: Paedophile, 19 put behind bars
A Coventry student who downloaded "high category"
child pornography on to his computer while on campus
was today starting a custodial sentence.
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14710109%26method=full%26siteid=50003%26headline=paedophile%2d%2d19%2dput%2dbehind%2dbars-name_page.html
at: Child porn brings down bishop
Roman Catholic lay organisation in Austria expressed
relief at the resignation of a bishop who oversaw a
seminary where the authorities found child
pornography.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,2763,1317171,00.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=567636
us: HIV POSITIVE CHILD PREDATOR, PORNOGRAPHER GETS 100
YEAR SENTENCE (news release)
A child sex predator received a 100-year prison
sentence after being convicted on multiple child
pornography charges that stemmed from a joint
investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service
and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/predator092704.htm
us: Priest charged with possessing child pornography
A Catholic priest on administrative leave was charged
Friday in Knox County, Neb., with two counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1219325
us: Child Pornography Recorded Inside Church
Police discovered a video camera that contained
disturbing child pornography pictures. According to
officials, the camera belonged to a janitor that
worked at a church. Officers discovered the pictures
after the janitor was found dead. Investigators have
contacted the children and their families that were
featured in the pictures.
http://detnow.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_3223198,00.html
us: Gurnee man sentenced in child pornography case
A 34-year-old Gurnee man who used a lava lamp to
transmit child pornography was sentenced Wednesday by
Lake County Circuit Court Judge James Booras to
periodic imprisonment, probation and fined $10,000.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/city/w30faber.htm
us: Guilty plea entered in child porn case
A former Fredonia man faces up to five years in prison
and a $250,000 fine after he pleaded guilty in U.S.
District Court to possessing numerous images of child
pornography, the U.S. attorney's office reported
Friday.
http://buffalonews.com/editorial/20041002/6008873.asp
us: Court reverses child porn conviction over
federalism issue
A federal appeals court reversed the child-pornography
conviction of a St. Petersburg man Friday, ruling that
a shipment of blank computer disks across state lines
was not enough to satisfy the interstate commerce
requirement of federal law.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/9811842.htm?1c
us: Fitchburg man convicted on child pornography
charges
A jury convicted a Fitchburg man on Tuesday of
possession of child pornography, rejecting the man's
assertion that the illegal pictures somehow entered
his computer without his knowledge.
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/Stories/0,1413,106~4994~2434464,00.html
us: Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Porn Possession
A Southern Tier man will serve ten years in federal
prison for possession of child pornography.
http://wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2377265
us: Man and woman charged in child porn case involving
4-year-old
An Ohio woman and a Tampa man are facing child
pornography charges involving the woman’s 4-year-old
daughter.
http://tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=10221
us: Court reverses St. Petersburg child porn
conviction
A federal appeals court has reversed the
child-pornography conviction of a St. Petersburg man.
http://abcactionnews.com/stories/2004/10/041001porn.shtml
us: Former teacher gets convictions for child porn
thrown out Yuma attorney promises retrial for Tucson
man
The Arizona Court of Appeals has overturned
child-pornography convictions against a former
Catholic-school teacher and Tucson native.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/azstar/20040930/lo_azstar/formerteachergetsconvictionsforchildpornthrownoutyumaattorneypromisesretrialfortucsonman
us: Former Boy Scout Leader Charged With Child
Pornography
A former Wyoming Boy Scout leader is accused of
sexually abusing two mentally disabled underage
children.
http://fox17.trb.com/news/093004-wxmi-scouts,0,6855623.story
us: Athens man pleads guilty in child sex scheme
An Athens man has pleaded guilty to trying to entice a
child over the Internet into a sexual encounter.
http://tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041002/APN/410020632
http://wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2378043
us: Church chaperone admits to child porn
A former youth counselor from a Charlotte church who
appeared in federal court Thursday pleaded guilty to
one count of distributing child pornography and one
count of possession of child pornography.
http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/mecklenburg/?ArID=75551&SecID=3
us: Fitchburg man convicted on child pornography
charges
A jury convicted a Fitchburg man on Tuesday of
possession of child pornography, rejecting the man's
assertion that the illegal pictures somehow entered
his computer without his knowledge.
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/Stories/0,1413,106~4994~2434464,00.html
us: Man pleads guilty to soliciting teen for sex
Charles Wayne Graviet pleaded guilty Thursday to
charges stemming from an online sexual solicitation of
what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/041002/teen.shtml
us: Ex-police trainee arrested on solicitation, porn
counts
A former Broward County police academy student thought
he was chatting online with a woman and her teenage
daughter who wanted to have sex with him. He sent them
pornographic pictures and described his interest in
incest, according to police.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pporn02oct02,0,5653769.story
us: Priest charged with possessing child pornography
A Catholic priest on administrative leave was charged
Friday in Knox County, Neb., with two counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1219325
us: Madison man faces sexual battery, child-porn
charges
A Madison man faces sexual battery and child-
pornography charges after a young boy told police the
man molested him, officials said.
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