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general internet news - October 19
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: Call for tighter chatroom controls
An internet safety group is calling for the government
to introduce tight controls on internet and cellphone
chat rooms after revelations paedophiles were preying
on children through phone texting
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/453672%3fformat=html
au: Law to snare Net sex pests
PEDOPHILES using internet chatrooms to prey on
children would be targeted under a new law being
investigated by the Attorney-General's Department.
http://theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11096997%255E2682,00.html
au: Vodafone shuts teen chatroom (reg req'd)
A popular teenage cellphone chatroom has been shut
down after it was found it was being used to
proposition underage girls.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951604254.html
au: No place to hide from cyber bullying (reg req'd)
Victims of cyber and mobile phone bullying feel even
more powerless than when they encounter face-to-face
abuse, a study has found.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951601988.html
uk: Parents bar children from web chatrooms
More than two thirds of parents have banned their
children from using internet chatrooms to try to
protect them from paedophiles, according to research
published today.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1319460,00.html
uk: Parents must act on online safety advice
A survey conducted by ICM Research (ICM) on behalf of
the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) –
the UK’s leading Internet trade association – has
aroused concern that many parents are not acting on
safety advice to help to protect their children on the
Internet.
http://www.ispa.org.uk/html/media/parents_online_safety_advice.html
uk: Online censor says no to the Horniman
Mr Horniman would be mortified. One mention of his
name, and internet filters are consigning the museum
founded by the Victorian tea merchant to the outer
reaches of the web.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1328681,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951593761.html
uk: Smut filter in Dick-pulling outrage
Hundreds of Norfolk primary school kids will not enjoy
the chance to get a sneak preview of a traditional
Xmas panto after porn filters binned the promotional
email.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/dick_pulling_outrage/
us: Adolescent bullying moves from the schoolyard to
the Internet
When 15-year-old Lauren went to hear a band in the
spring, the drummer autographed her stomach. It was
meant as a joke among friends, a parody of rock stars
and their groupies. But the musician's jealous
girlfriend didn't see the humor.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041016/news_lz1c16cyber.html
my: Malaysia backtracks on its bloggers
The recent reaction by authorities to disparaging
comments posted on a popular weblog here reflect
contradictory attitudes toward the creation of a more
liberal society and appear to have dented Prime
Minister Abdullah Badawi's reformist credentials in
the eyes of some Malaysians.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FJ09Ae05.html
China jails four for running mucky site
Four men have been jailed for peddling porn as China
continues to wage its war against online smut. The
four men - Liang Hongbin, Li Yufei, Yu Jianhong, and
Chen Dong who are all in their twenties - have been
jailed for between 12 months and two-and-a-half years.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/15/china_porn/
ir: New arrest of a journalist contributing to
reformist websites
Reporters Without Borders condemned a renewed
crackdown on the online press after the 10 October
arrest of Omid Memarian on the orders of the 9th
chamber of the Tehran prosecutor's office, for posting
articles on several reformist sites. Three more
journalists are already in custody for the same
reasons.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11598
Heavy hand of the law
Last week's seizure of material belonging to
anti-globalisation websites could have consequences
for citizen publishers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1326244,00.html
IndyMedia Gets Its Servers Back
Critical hardware is back in hand, but websites run by
the collective news organization remain offline after
a mysterious seizure. Nobody seems to know who
confiscated the servers or why.
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65338,00.html
Indymedia erhält beschlagnahmte Festplatten zurück
http://newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=63306&action=1
au: Mobile porn protection (sub req'd)
http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/10/15/1097784042076.html
Gericht: Altersverifikation mit ueber18.de nicht
ausreichend
Nach Ansicht des Landgericht (LG) Krefeld (Az.: 11 O
85/04) erfüllt das Altersverifikationsystem ueber18.de
nicht die gesetzlichen Vorgaben zum Schutz von
Jugendlichen vor pornografischen Inhalten. Das Gericht
hat mit seinem Urteil vom 15. September 2004 die vom
Anbieter einer Pornoseite erwirkte einstweilige
Verfügung gegen einen Wettbewerber bestätigt, der das
Alterskontrollsystem ueber18.de nutzte. Der Konkurrent
hat nun bis auf weiteres das Verbreiten von
pornografischen Abbildungen im Internet, welche
ausschließlich mit ueber18.de gesichert sind, zu
unterlassen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/52033
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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eu/ir: EU demands improved intellectual property
protection
The EC decided Thursday to increase pressure on Israel
to adopt more stringent intellectual property
protection.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1097727860252
us: Ashcroft Vows Piracy Assault
Move over, terrorism. Attorney General John Ashcroft
pledges to make fighting piracy a top priority for the
Justice Department.
http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65331,00.html
Four eastern Europeans charged over phishing scam
In what is believed to be the first ever case of
criminal charges being laid for phishing, four eastern
Europeans were yesterday charged in a London court
with conspiracy to defraud banks of hundreds of
thousands of pounds via an online phishing scam.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1158764
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/15/phishing_charges/
Greece taken to court over computer games ban
The European Commission has announced that it is to
take Greece to court over legislation that bans the
use of electronic games in the country, even at home,
albeit the law was intended only to curb the use of
gambling machines.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=greecetakentocour1097836865
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au: No need for peering regulation: ACCC
THE competition watchdog has found "anomalies" in the
peering arrangements that exist between internet
service providers, but opted to monitor the situation
for two years rather than pursue regulation.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11071593%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
ca: Government proposes to catalogue DNA of those
convicted of making child porn
The federal government is proposing that DNA samples
be collected from people convicted of making child
pornography.
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=f0f3f7a0-9171-4391-be00-f5937cb6ece7
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1097833557697
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041015.gtdna1015/BNStory/Technology/
ca: Child-porn strategy pressures Web firms
Ontario is prepared to force Internet service
providers to blow the whistle on child pornography
sites, Attorney-General Michael Bryant announced
yesterday.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1097704209961
ca: Child Pornography and Internet Luring Target of
DNA Data Bank Reforms (news release)
Legislation authorizing judges to order DNA samples
from people convicted of child pornography, Internet
luring and other serious criminal offences was
introduced in the House of Commons today.
http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/CCP/view/en/index.cfm?articleid=102889
ca: Retailers to limit violent game sales to minors
Canadian industry promises voluntary crackdown on
selling violent video games to kids
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041015.gtgames2oct15/BNStory/AtPlay/
uk: Warning on internet health advice
People with chronic disease should not rely on the net
for health advice, research suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3746056.stm
uk: Instant messaging could land bosses in jail
UK firms could be breaking compliance laws by using
instant messaging, and banning the applications may
not be successful
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39170374,00.htm
us: Court Order Could Force Reluctant FEC to Regulate
Internet
With political fund raising, campaign advertising and
organizing taking place in full swing over the
Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the
Federal Election Commission joins the action.
http://technologyreview.com/articles/04/10/ap_101404.asp
US to spy on chatrooms
Amid the torrent of jabber in Internet chatrooms --
flirting by QTpie and BoogieBoy, arguments about
politics and horror flicks -- are terrorists plotting
their next move?
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/12/technology/9112047&sec=technology
us: Web Safety Group Launches Anti-Spyware Campaign
A prominent Internet safety organization and leading
computer-maker Dell Inc. launched a campaign Friday to
help consumers fend off "spyware," software that can
cause sluggish computer performance or popup ads and
secretly monitor the activities of Internet users.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35474-2004Oct15.html
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us: FTC, International Agencies Adopt Action Plan on
Spam Enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission has joined forces with
agencies around the world to combat spam on a global
level with an Action Plan on Spam Enforcement. On
October 11, 2004, 19 agencies from 15 countries
announced the Action Plan at a conference of
international spam enforcement agencies in London. The
Action Plan calls for increased investigative
training, the establishment of points of contact in
each agency to respond quickly and effectively to
enforcement inquiries, and the creation of an
international working group on spam enforcement. The
Action Plan builds on prior efforts of international
organizations such as the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, the International
Telecommunications Union, the European Union, and the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative Forum toward
building international cooperation on spam.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/10/spamconference.htm
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ITU positioniert sich in Netzverwaltungsfragen
Die Mitgliedsländer der Internationalen
Telekommunikationsunion (ITU) haben sich beim World
Telecom Standardization Assembly in Florianopolis
darauf geeinigt, Entwicklungsländer mehr zu
unterstützen und die Geschlechterfrage mehr zu
beachten. An erster Stelle der Zusammenfassung der
Entscheidungen stellte die 1865 für den klassischen
Telefoniebereich gegründete Organisation allerdings
mehrere Entscheidungen rund um das Thema Internet. Die
ITU positioniert sich vor dem zweiten Weltgipfel der
Informationsgesellschaft für die nächste Runde in der
Debatte, wer im Cyberspace regiert.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/52213
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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UK court orders ISPs to identify Net song-swappers
The British music industry won a crucial High Court
decision on Thursday that forces Internet service
providers to hand over the identity of Britons accused
of using the Internet to swap free songs.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6502077
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5410411.html
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=ukispsorderedtor1097836691
us: UCLA File Swappers in Quarantine
UCLA has developed a new process of identifying and
disciplining copyright infringers on peer-to-peer
networks, providing schools with another tool to crack
down on illegal file sharing.
http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65227,00.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: F.C.C. Clears Internet Access by Power Lines (reg
req'd)
The F.C.C. adopted rules that will enable utility
companies to offer an alternative to broadband
services provided by cable and phone companies.
http://nytimes.com/2004/10/15/technology/15power.html
http://internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3421911
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5412115.html
us: Our Kids Are in Big Trouble
There's a pesky flaw at the core of our democracy: How
do we count those who can't vote? Not those who don't
vote (they can take care of themselves by voting). But
those people who can't vote, because they're either
too young or not yet born. How, in other words, do we
reckon the future?
http://wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/view.html?pg=5
PayPal No Gay Pal Even For Non-Porn
A pair of gay-owned Internet businesses that don’t
believe themselves to be sexually-oriented say PayPal
is extending its no-porn policy to them.
http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=201386
us: Honouring nerd values
IT WAS officially “Craigslist day” in San Francisco on
October 10th. But even Craig Newmark—he of the
list—had to admit that “not terribly much happened”.
Still, there was a good party and a documentary was
screened on how craigslist.org, a plain but packed
online bulletin board, has transformed the lives of
many inhabitants of California's Bay Area since it
started in 1995.
http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3291632
us: Analysis: The great American e-voting experiment
E-voting is supposed to be more accurate, but what if
votes can just as easily go missing or be miscounted?
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996523
Instant messenger could control hacked computers
A US computer programmer has created a software robot
that uses instant messenger – a program that allows
people to exchange messages over the internet in real
time - to control a computer remotely.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996529
Your old mobile is destroying the planet
Governments from around the world will meet next week
to tackle the latest toxic waste crisis - mobile
phones.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=572923
Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars (reg req'd)
Propelled by Google envy, new players and Internet
industry giants are rushing into the online search
market.
http://nytimes.com/2004/10/18/technology/18search.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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us: Child porn multiplies across Web
Detectives traveled the electronic highway with
passwords, Internet addresses and subpoenas, finally
landing at an Oklahoma City trailer park.
http://newsok.com/article/1341063/?template=home/main
nz: Govt won't say if porn-bust will extend to NZ
Government officials are refusing to confirm whether
they are investigating any New Zealanders in relation
to the "Operation Falcon" child pornography ring in
which 500 Australians have been implicated.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3067544a28,00.html
au: Classification complicates child porn cases
The New South Wales Government is locked in a battle
with the State Opposition over claims that child
pornography charges against 30 people could be dropped
because of an anomaly in the law.
http://abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1221194.htm
au: Govt called on to clarify child porn laws
New South Wales Opposition Leader John Brogden is
demanding the Government release legal advice from the
Crown Solicitor on whether there are complications in
child pornography laws.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1220813.htm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041015/21/r892.html
au: NSW child porn charges to proceed, despite Oppn
criticism
The New South Wales Government says Opposition Leader
John Brogden acted shamefully and irresponsibly by
wrongly accusing the police of mishandling child
pornography investigations.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1220421.htm
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2091884
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=national&story_id=343462&category=General+News&m=10&y=2004
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=national&category=general%20news&story_id=343462&y=2004&m=10
au: Brogden trying to 'trip up' child porn squad (reg
req'd)
The law is clear and police have not bungled child
porn charges, Premier Bob Carr said today, asking why
Opposition leader John Brogden was trying to "trip
up"police.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/15/1097784010435.html
au: Expert says child porn investigation tip of
iceberg
A leading expert on child abuse says the current New
South Wales police investigation into child
pornography is just the tip of the iceberg.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041015/21/r87y.html
au: Two in court over child porn
TWO men appeared in a Brisbane court today, charged
during a nationwide police crackdown on child
pornography.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11108915%255E1702,00.html
au: Teacher given bail on child porn charges
A Sydney teacher remains free on bail after facing
court on child pornography charges.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1222269.htm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041018/21/r99p.html
uk: Internet sex - US suspects Briton
Police in America have issued an arrest warrant for a
North Yorkshire man who allegedly had sex with a
teenager he met in an internet chat room.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/3741012.stm
ca: Child pornography and drug charges
A 24-year old Oakville man is facing child pornography
and drug charges after a five-week investigation by
Halton Regional and Toronto Police.
http://www.haltonsearch.com/hr/ob/story/2277191p-2639476c.html
ca: Government proposes to catalogue DNA of those
convicted of making child porn
The federal government is proposing that DNA samples
be collected from people convicted of making child
pornography.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20041015/ca_pr_on_na/dna_bank_porn_1
us: 13-year-old faces child pornography rap
A 13-year-old boy in Washington State has been charged
with posting sexually explicit pictures of himself on
the Internet along with other kiddie porn.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041015-062954-5111r.htm
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2435549
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041016/topstories/15961.shtml
us: Gautier man arrested on multiple counts of child
pornography
A Gautier man was extradited from St. Tammany Parish
in Louisiana Thursday on a child pornography warrant
issued Sept. 3.
http://gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1097921723238602.xml
us: DelVal College professor faces child pornography
charges
A longtime Delaware Valley College professor has been
charged with possessing child pornography after
authorities said they found hundreds of pictures of
children engaged in sex acts on his office computer.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2professoroct15,0,7781739.story
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/9922027.htm?1c
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2433208
us: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION UPDATE
David Hartig of Decatur was arrested on preliminary
charges of possession, reproduction, and distribution
of child pornography.
http://www.wandtv.com/SendPage.asp?5630
us: Salem Man Indicted for Receipt of Child
Pornography, Reports U.S. Attorney (news release)
A Salem man was arrested today on an indictment
charging him with receiving child pornography.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041014/neth037_1.html
us: Toledo seminarian accused of having child
pornography
A Toledo diocese seminarian who dropped out two days
before his ordination on June 12 was charged yesterday
with possession of child pornography.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041013/NEWS03/410130357
us: City worker charged in child porn sting
A Missoula city employee was charged in federal court
Thursday with possession, distribution and production
of child pornography.
http://missoulian.com/articles/2004/10/16/news/local/znews01.txt
us: Child porn cache gets Exton man 10 years
Barry Wattersknowingly possessed the cache of child
pornography stored on the computer disks found in his
West Goshen self-storage unit, a county judge ruled
Friday.
http://dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13154288
us: Jury Gets Child Pornography Case
Jury deliberations are underway in the case of a Niles
man accused of raping a young female relative and
having child pornography.
http://www.wytv.com/news/headlines/1098441.html
us: Former Delco prison inmate guilty of child porn
charges
Barry Watters knowingly possessed the cache of child
pornography stored on the computer disks found in his
West Goshen self-storage unit, a Chester County judge
ruled Friday. Common Pleas Judge Anthony A. Sarcione
found Watters guilty of all 50 counts of owning the
illegal pictures. The judge presided over the non-jury
trial, which took place on Monday and Tuesday.
http://delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13154608
http://delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13154608
us: Teachers aide bonds out on child porn charges
Curtis Ksenak bonded out of jail Wednesday, a day
after the teacher's assistant was arrested on charges
of possessing and distributing child pornography,
according to Ryan Jones, public information officer
for the Porter County Sheriff's Department.
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2004/10/15/news/porter_county/d7c7abc8e7adba3286256f2d007c7eab.txt
us: Child pornography probe nabs 15
An investigation into child pornography resulted in
charges against 15 Lake County residents, including
two former high school teachers and a swimming coach.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/mu/10-14-04-410158.html
us: Retired GBS teacher nabbed in porn probe
A recently retired, longtime Glenbrook South High
School math teacher pleaded guilty last Thursday to
one count of possessing child pornography and was
sentenced to 24 months of felony probation.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/gv/10-14-04-407765.html
us: Attempted to lure teen on Internet
A Holmdel police officer was convicted yesterday of
possessing child pornography and attempted sexual
assault on a 14-year-old girl, who was actually
portrayed on the Internet by two female undercover
police officers.
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1079184,00.html
us: Man Faces 20 Years For Child Porn
A Rockingham man could go to prison for up to 20 years
after he pleaded guilty to federal child pornography
charges.
http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/3827373/detail.html
http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8862~2471812,00.html
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