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general internet news - November 29
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: Hector Protector Launched by Internet Safety Group
Hector Protector has been created by the NetSafe
Programme of New Zealand to help keep children safe
online. The function of this button is to give a child
the ability to quickly cover the screen of the
computer with a screensaver of Hector when they
encounter material that frightens or upsets them. With
a click of the button, the problem is covered over by
Hector until a trusted adult can come and deal with
the situation. Hector also gives children very
positive feedback for using the button and talking
with an adult about the problem.
http://netsafe.org.nz/hector_protector/hector_protector_default.aspx
Launch of a European awareness-raising network, INSAFE
The 18th and 19th November, Prague saw the launch of a
European awareness-raising network, INSAFE, to
confront a growing challenge on national, European and
international agendas. The creation of the network is
an important step in the European Commission’s Safer
Internet Programme (SIP). In a double-edged action to
coordinate the numerous, multi-facetted initiatives
springing up daily throughout the world, it is matched
by the launching of national Safer Internet awareness
nodes that coordinate actions at the national level.
INSAFE aims to optimise European added value through
the exchange and pooling of expertise and resources
between nodes and other key players across Europe and
internationally. It is led by European Schoolnet, in
partnership with the Cyberspace Research Unit of the
University of Central Lancashire (UK) and the
Norwegian Board of Film Classification. The initiative
is backed by the Council of Europe.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/sip/news_events/project_news/insafe/index_en.htm
us: Internet Predators Continue to Stalk Children
Online
Internet crime investigators say chat rooms on popular
sites like AOL and yahoo have been a favorite hangout
for predators - people who will do whatever it takes
to get to your child for sex.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2601695
au: Police emailed child porn to schools
POLICE sent child pornography photos to 1800 public
schools across NSW - by mistake.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11497888%255E2,00.html
http://chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/25/content_394820.htm
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3108658a12,00.html
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1101367261227B221
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/26/oz_police_abuse_pics_mistake
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/11/26/technology/9507329&sec=technology
au: Cyber bullying 'worrying trend'
BULLYING by SMS or the Internet is a growing,
hard-to-detect trend in Australian schools, according
to the principal of an exclusive private school where
a boy was stabbed.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11504695%255E1702,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39168069,00.htm
au: 'Cyber-bullying' comes under fire from stabbing
school boss
Bullying by SMS or the Internet is a growing,
hard-to-detect trend in Australian schools, according
to the principal of an exclusive private school where
a boy was stabbed.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39168069,00.htm
au: Principal warns of cyber-bully threat (reg req'd)
Bullying by SMS or the internet is a growing,
hard-to-detect trend in Australian schools, according
to the principal of a school where a boy was stabbed.
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Principal-warns-of-cyberbully-threat/2004/11/26/1101219718953.html
au: Would the 'Real' Casey Donovan stand up? (reg
req'd)
The whole "fiasco" with the Casey Donovan website
(remember her? she won Australian Idol last weekend)
need never have happened. In fact there are a number
of factors that conspired to make it happen, some
under Telstra's control, some not. For those
completely in the dark about this - Telstra rushed an
advertisement into the newspapers promoting her
brand-new website and the fact that fans could
download her first song. Unfortunately, the web
address they posted pointed to a very adult-oriented
site of particular interest to gay men.
http://theage.com.au/news/Soapbox/Would-the-Real-Casey-Donovan-stand-up/2004/11/25/1101219671476.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Soapbox/Would-the-Real-Casey-Donovan-stand-up/2004/11/25/1101219671476.html
au: Aboriginal Idol 'racist' (reg req'd)
An internet parody of Australian Idol has been
described as racist garbage and is the subject of a
complaint to an anti-discrimination tribunal.
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Aboriginal-Idol-racist/2004/11/25/1101219659951.html
au: Telstra appoints itself Oz net censor
Australian telco Telstra has appointed itself guardian
of the Lucky Country's net morals after an
embarrassing advertising blunder directed fans of
Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan to a US gay porn
site.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/oz_net_censor/
uk: Chatroom ban at Coventry libraries
City Library bosses have banned people from using
internet chatrooms following concerns about child
safety.
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14918904%26method=full%26siteid=50003%26headline=chatroom%2dban%2dat%2dcity%2dlibraries-name_page.html
Porn Prohibitionists Miss Point
If we're going to start worrying about porn, doesn't
it make sense to actually study its role in society
rather than make stuff up?
http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65831,00.html
Filtering for truth on porn
Charlton Ward started telling stories the moment
officers entered his motel room and found child
pornography photos crumpled up in a wastebasket. One
of them ended up changing the way Phoenix residents
can use the computers at the library. And maybe for no
good reason.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1125ruelas1125Z7.html
Group Cites Video Games for Violence, Sex
Video games that have players shoot rival gang
members, watch bare-breasted women and recreate the
assassination of President Kennedy were criticized
Tuesday by advocacy groups that said, at the least,
they should be kept away from children.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/11-24-2004/20041124054501_11.html
us: The Fight Against Internet Porn
“Sure hope a lot of people were paying attention to
that Senate hearing on Internet pornography.
http://wpmi.com/news/commentary/story.aspx?content_id=44ED76EB-56A4-46FB-84A0-9E65E4680352
http://woai.com/news/news_commentary/story.aspx?content_id=44ED76EB-56A4-46FB-84A0-9E65E4680352
cn: The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China
Human rights campaigner Xiao Qiang meets the
"bloggers" who are keeping one step ahead of the
censors
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996707
North Koreans Criticize Seoul's Block on Pro-Pyongyang
Web Sites
North Korean journalists' association says that
blocking pro-Pyongyang sites violates South Korean
constitutional rights, as debate continues
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=17107
CIA erarbeitete Richtlinien zu Ueberwachung von
Chatrooms
Wer in Chatrooms umgeht und nicht auf die Aeusserungen
aufpasst, kann sehr schnell unter die Räder geraten.
http://newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=64391&action=1
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Detective Will Put Focus On Child Pornographers
They are professionals and blue collar workers, young
and old and from every race and background, who spend
their free time creating, viewing and trading child
pornography.
http://pasco.tbo.com/pasco/MGBN2PD912E.html
uk: ISPs 'must do more' to combat cybercrime
The CTO of betting exchange Betfair says that more
cross-industry cooperation is needed to prevent
denial-of-service attacks
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39175286,00.htm
uk: Police tackle internet crime
The problem of hi-tech crime against businesses across
Wales is being targeted by police.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/4035037.stm
Hi-tech tools fuel phishing boom
October was a bumper month for phishing attacks that
try to prise confidential information out of web
users.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4037975.stm
Phishing attacks going automatic, says industry group
Hackers are using automatic tools to generate phishing
attacks, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group,
which warns that since July the number of unique
phishing e-mail attacks has grown by an average of 36%
per month.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=phishingattacksgoi1101389353
Automated phishing on the rise
Fraudsters are achieving higher levels of automation
for phishing scams, using software tools and botnets
to increase the reach of their work, according to the
Anti-Phishing Working Group.
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5465086.html
us: Cyber cops say 'Tis the season to be wary
As the holiday shopping season ramps up, cyber cops
have warned that online fraudsters are working over
time.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6913336
it: Gay-porn hackers strike Italian politics
The Italian Senate has been the subject of a hack
attack by cybercriminals who uploaded images of gay
porn onto screens all around the senate building.
http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39126103,00.htm
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159655
br: Polícia investiga venda de provas de crimes na web
Após ser identificada uma mensagem no grupo "Orkut",
na Internet, dizendo que provas do assassinato da
atriz Daniella Perez, em 1992, estavam sendo
leiloadas, a polícia civil pediu uma investigação
sobre a possível venda de provas de crimes.
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI429806-EI306,00.html
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POLICY
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UK: Serious Organised Crime Agency Q&A
The creation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency
(Soca) will be the biggest shake-up of the way British
policing is organised since force boundaries in
England and Wales were re-drawn 40 years ago. Here are
some of the main questions and answers on what Soca
will do and how it will operate.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3800698
Australia considers chemical castration
Australia's most populous state New South Wales was
asked on Wednesday to consider chemical castration for
child sex offenders as a nationwide police crackdown
continued on child pornography.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2024&art_id=qw1101276540319A236
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SPAM
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ITU: Global Survey on Mobile Spam
Spam on mobile phones is a rising phenomenon
worldwide. In order to better understand this problem,
the ITU, the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland,
and BMD Wireless invite you to take part in a global
survey on mobile spam. If you take part in our
10-minute web questionnaire, you can potentially win
cash prizes of US$ 100, US$ 75 or US$ 50.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/11/26.html#a762
us: The FTC Authentication Summit
The Federal Trade Commission and NIST had a two-day
Authentication Summit on Nov 9-10 in Washington DC.
When they published their report explaining their
decision not to create a National Do Not Email
Registry, the FTC identified lack of e-mail
authentication as one of the reasons that it wouldn't
work, and the authentication summit was part of their
process to get some sort of authentication going. At
the time the summit was scheduled, the IETF MARID
group was still active and most people expected it to
endorse Microsoft's Sender-ID in some form, so the
summit would have been mostly about Sender-ID. Since
MARID didn't do that, the summit had a broader and
more interesting agenda.
http://www.circleid.com/article/810_0_1_0_C/
Why The Spam Keeps Coming
The U.S. government and large Internet companies can't
seem to keep it out of e-mail in-boxes. But there's
hope for a solution.
http://forbes.com/2004/11/19/cx_ah_1119tentech.html
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INTERNET USE
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Mobile gaming takes off in India
Gaming on the move is one of the fastest-growing
activities amongst the tech-savvy in India, says a
report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4042969.stm
uk: Families row over home PC access
Arguments over who gets to use the home computer are
breaking out in families across the UK, says a survey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4038809.stm
The Death of Dial-Up: A Call to Action (reg req'd)
With the support of the Melbourne Business School
(University of Melbourne), Ericsson commissioned a
study in Australia and New Zealand to identify the
date when the number of broadband Internet subscribers
will overtake dial-up subscribers.
http://www.ericsson.com.au/broadband/death_of_dialup.asp
Jugendexpertin: 40 Prozent der Kinder surfen
regelmässig im Netz
Nicht nur Jugendliche und Erwachsene nutzen
regelmässig das Internet, sondern auch Kinder. "Etwa
40 Prozent der 6- bis 13-Jährigen sind regelmässig im
Netz unterwegs", sagte Christine Feil,
Wissenschaftlerin am Deutschen Jugendinstitut am
Donnerstag in Mainz. Beim 6. Forum Medienkompetenz in
Rheinland-Pfalz diskutierten Fachleute über das Thema
"Internet - Medienkompetenz - Schule". Kinder und
Jugendliche seien fasziniert von "surfen" und
"chatten" gerieten dabei aber auch schnell auf
pornografische Seitenangebote.
http://www.verivox.de/news/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=8312
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Bytes and Bullets By Lawrence Lessig
A while back a federal court declared that the
manufacturers of the most popular forms of
peer-to-peer file-sharing technology are not liable
for copyright infringement committed by people using
their technology. Congress immediately sprang into
action by taking up legislation to reverse the court's
ruling. The goal is to make it clear that p2p
manufacturers are indeed liable for copyright
violations committed with their products. No doubt
many hope this will drive the p2p companies out of
business.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8882-2004Nov23.html
CA slaps spyware label on Kazaa
Peer-to-peer program Kazaa is the No. 1 spyware threat
on the Internet, according to Computer Associates
International.
http://news.com.com/CA+slaps+spyware+label+on+Kazaa/2100-1025_3-5467539.html
P2P Tilts Toward Legitimacy
In DAT's Entertainment: A peer-to-peer company signs a
deal with three major record labels to provide content
on its Peer Impact service, but it might not offer
much for music fans.
http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65836,00.html
au: Recording Industry, File-Share Face Off
The next chapter in the global legal battle between
the recording industry and file-sharing services is
due to unfold here Monday when the owners of the
hugely popular Kazaa software go on trial on civil
copyright infringement charges.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/financial_markets/10277942.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-11-26-kazaa-au-trial_x.htm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Government says Finnish with IE 6
While the world waits for Microsoft to issue a patch
for the IFRAME flaw, Finnish authorities have advised
their people to avoid using Internet Explorer
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39175168,00.htm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Two more charged over child porn
TWO more West Australian men have been charged with
child pornography offences, bringing to 32 the number
of arrests made by WA police as part of Operation
Auxin.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11504143%255E2761,00.html
au: Another caught with child porn
ANOTHER Albany man has been netted in the national
police Operation Auxin.
http://albany.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=353146
au: Thirroul man's appeal victory
THE only Australian arrested in worldwide child
pornography raids in February has successfully
appealed against his sentence.
http://illawarramercury.com.au/articles/2004/11/25/1101219644089.html
it: Italian police swoop on child porn
AROUND 400 police have carried out searches across
Italy as part of an operation by law enforcement
agencies in 60 countries targeting internet
pedophiles, authorities said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11504330%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
es: Minors held in Spanish porn swoop
Twenty-one minors are among 90 people arrested by
Spanish police on suspicion of being involved in child
pornography.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4039041.stm
es: Spain child porn: Dozens arrested
Spanish police say they have arrested 90 people,
including 21 juveniles, in the country's largest
operation against child pornography distribution.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/spain.porn/
uk: Shamed child porn teacher locked up
DISGRACED teacher's career is in ruins after he was
jailed for downloading child pornography.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=14916302&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=shamed-child-porn-teacher-locked-up-name_page.html
uk: Child Porn: Special Needs Teacher Spared Jail
A special needs teacher was today spared jail despite
admitting downloading more than 2,500 indecent images
of children.
http://crime-research.org/news/25.11.2004/801/
uk: CITY CHILD PORN PERVERT JAILED
A CARLISLE shopworker who used customers’ credit card
details to buy child pornography over the internet has
been jailed for two years.
http://www.cumbria-online.co.uk/viewarticle.asp?id=156529
uk: Man with 3,000 child porn photos is jailed
A pervert who stashed thousands of hard-core
pornographic images of children on his computer has
been jailed for 18 months.
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14918906%26method=full%26siteid=50003%26headline=man%2dwith%2d3%2d000%2dchild%2dporn%2dphotos%2dis%2djailed-name_page.html
uk: Paedophile put away
A MAN has been jailed for three years in what is
believed to be the first sentencing in Britain under
new laws to combat internet grooming.
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/haverhill/story.asp?StoryID=65642
ch: Swiss court finds 68 people guilty of buying child
pornography
A Swiss court has found 68 people guilty of buying
child pornography in Switzerland's largest-ever
crackdown on pedophilia.
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=2604490
ca: Former teacher facing child porn charges
A former Toronto and Halton region teacher now faces a
total of 10 child pornography charges.
http://www.canada.com/hamilton/news/story.html?id=186e2ad5-9778-4ee4-8659-630e2997e0db
es: La mayor operación policial contra la pornografía
infantil en España
La Unidad de Delincuencia Especializada y Violenta de
la Dirección General de la Policía llevó a cabo en el
día de ayer, 23 de noviembre de 2004, la considerada
hasta el momento la mayor operación policial contra la
distribución de pornografía infantil en España, según
ha informado la agencia EFE.
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/110130071545188.shtml
us: FBI office issues warning about Internet predator
FBI officials in Indianapolis issued an alert Friday
about an Internet predator targeting children in
northern Indiana.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/197879-4862-009.html
http://www.indystar.com/articles/9/197653-4569-093.html
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/10283715.htm
us: Child porn case verdict delayed
The Upper Uwchlan man on trial earlier this week on
charges stemming from the discovery of images of child
pornography on his computer will have to wait until
next week to learn his fate.
http://dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13440819
http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13440819
us: Township Treasurer Accused Of Possessing Child
Pornography
Muskegon County authorities have arrested the Egelston
Township treasurer and accused him of possessing child
pornography and eavesdropping.
http://fox17.trb.com/news/112304-wxmi-official,0,7060349.story
us: Utah court dismisses appeal of man caught with
child porn
A Utah court has dismissed the claims of a man who
said police violated his rights when they searched his
briefcase and found child pornography.
http://harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=41212
us: Child pornography possession nets jail time
Douglas H. Sunker, formerly of Round Lake Beach,
pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lake County Circuit Court to
possession of child pornography and was sentenced to
periodic imprisonment in the Lake County Jail in
Waukegan.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/city/w24childpor.htm
us: Judge to decide fate of ex-county official charged
with collecting child porn images
A former Berks County official standing trial on
charges stemming from the discovery of images of child
pornography on his computer will have to wait until
next week to learn his fate.
http://pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13446743
us: Township treasurer charged with child pornography
A township treasurer in Muskegon County is behind bars
after being charged with possessing child pornography.
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2605396&nav=0RceTSSv
us: Mid-South Couple Charged In Child Pornography Case
A Shelby County Grand Jury hands down a federal
indictment on the case involving a Mid-South couple
charged in a child pornography case.
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=2594731&nav=3HvETS8N
us: Woman gets jail time for child porn
A Middletown woman who admittedly helped her boyfriend
produce child pornography, including sexually explicit
photographs of one of his relatives, was sentenced
Tuesday to three years in a federal prison.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-11242004-405847.html
us: Man pleads guilty to child-porn charge
A former Londonderry man faces prison and a possible
$250,000 fine after pleading guilty to a child
pornography charge in federal court Monday.
http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041124/NEWS01/41124023/-1/news
us: Police: Online angle to rape
The Attleboro man charged this week with raping an
Uxbridge teen met the girl on the Internet, police
said.
http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=60477
us: On-line sex chat leads to charges
A Clayton man was arrested Thursday after he showed up
at a local park to meet a police officer whom he
believed to be a 12-year-old girl.
http://www.claytonnews-star.com/news/2004112401284.html
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