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general internet news - Feb 7
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: LINX Honoured In Campaign Against Internet Child
Abuse
London Internet Exchange (LINX) – the UK’s largest
membership organisation for Internet service providers
– has been honoured for its frontline role in efforts
to eradicate child abuse images from the UK Internet.
http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=2232
ru: RUSSIAN COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER COMES OUT AGAINST
INTERNET CENSORSHIP
Russian Information Technologies and Communications
Minister Leonid Reiman has come out against Internet
censorship.
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5370946
cn: Chinese police shut down Internet prostitution
website
Police in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou
arrested 29 people in connection with an Internet
prostitution site that documented call girls in 20
Chinese provinces and regions, state press reported
Friday.
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=26537
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050204/tc_afp/chinainternetsex_050204145823
za: 'Children must become media-wise consumers'
A public-awareness programme aimed at discouraging
television viewers from becoming "couch potatoes" has
been mounted by the Film and Publications Board (FPB).
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=196685&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
uk: ‘Achievements & Champions Online’ (news release)
IWF event at House of Commons recognises internet
visionaries
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.110.htm
uk: Abusive images of children online is still a cause
for concern (news release)
New figures from the Internet Watch Foundation 2004
Annual Report launched today
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.109.htm
uk: StreamShield Networks Joins the IWF To Help
Stamp-Out Online Child Abuse (news release)
Collaboration provides ISPs with a cost-effective way
to prevent their subscribers accessing illegal child
abuse websites
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.108.htm
us: Law needed for all-out war on Internet porn
PROPONENTS of a pending cyber-crime measure said that
an all-out war against Internet pornography remains
futile without a specific law supporting it, industry
observers said Tuesday.
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=26359
us: FBI and SLCPD provide tips on keeping kids safe
from pedophiles
One in five children is sexually solicited via the
Internet, according to a recent survey, but that
number is probably much higher.
http://www.parkrecord.com/Stories/0,1413,122~8136~2693892,00.html
us: Court strengthens protections for Net chat groups
In a ruling that strengthens Internet free-speech
protections, a New Jersey court has said that an owner
of an online discussion board is not responsible for
derogatory, malicious and even potentially defamatory
comments posted to it.
http://news.com.com/Court+strengthens+protections+for+Net+chat+groups/2100-1030_3-5559474.html
ca: Computer-Edited Photos Lead To Child-Porn Locale
Leilah writes "Toronto police have found a new
application for computerized photo editing. The police
released edited photos on Feb. 3 from a series of
child pornography pics in an attempt to locate where
the photos may have been taken.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/06/0135217
jp: Child sex victims up, Japan police report:
A record number of 1,700 Japanese teenagers and
children were involved in prostitution or child
pornography last year, police said.
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=68457
Nepal fenced off from the world
News reports only print articles in the interests of
new regime; editor says this is the strictest
censorship he has seen
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=20406
Nip child abuse in the bud
The Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
(CCPAS) has given its backing to two new initiatives
that combat online child abuse.
http://www.thegoodnews.co.uk/regionnewsstory.asp?id=529®ion=reg0
cn: Journalist faces possible life sentence for
posting Tiananmen document on website
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage today at the
charge of "illegally divulging state secrets abroad"
that was brought against journalist and poet Shi Tao
on 28 January for posting an official document
relating to the June 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on
a foreign website. Shi, who has been detained since
November, faces a sentence of between three years and
life imprisonment if convicted.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12472
The perils of porn (reg req'd)
As the internet boosts the use of pornography, there
are fears that for some it can become a dangerous
addiction.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/03/1107228777880.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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nz: Government denies porn claims
The government is denying claims New Zealand is a
"haven for paedophiles", after Time magazine said the
names of dozens of New Zealanders suspected of buying
porn over the internet were passed onto New Zealand
authorities around September but none have been
arrested.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/472195?format=html
au: Telcos move on school SMS bullies (reg req'd)
Mobile phone companies will launch a campaign aimed at
beating the growing trend of schoolyard bullies
harassing other students with text and picture
messages.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/02/05/1107476855125.html
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Phone-industry-to-tackle-text-bullies/2005/02/05/1107476853421.html
ca: Police identify hotel seen in photos of abused
girl
She is a collector's item in the sordid world of child
pornography, a must-have image that has been
replicated untold hundreds of thousands of times by
men around the world who troll the Internet for
pictures of sexually exploited children.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050205/CHILDPORN05/National/Idx
us: Police arrest computer programer on charges of
using cyber space to stalk former local woman
Ardmore police arrested an Austin, Texas computer
programer Wednesday on charges he used cyberspace to
stalk a former local woman for more than a year.
http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/020405/loc_0204050017.shtml
us: Police unlikely to catch Internet stalker
While the case hasn't officially been pronounced dead,
the trail of an Internet stalker has hit a dead end.
Brandon Police Service Const. Bill Brown frankly
informed parents yesterday they likely won't be able
to arrest a man who sent local kids pornographic
images via computer and asked them to expose
themselves on camera.
http://www.brandonsun.com/displayad.cgi?adnum=979
us: Teens in local high schools are taking action
against bullying
Cabarrus County teens have decided to take a stand and
lend a hand against bullying.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/cabarrus/10830198.htm?1c
us: Cyber-bullying targeted
Two teenaged girls “lured” to a Stratford motel by a
36 year-old male using an internet chat room; an angry
ex-boyfriend charged with filling an internet Website
with formerly private “webcam” photos of his former
high school sweetheart; and news reports from a nearby
municipality about a teenage suicide prompted, in
part, by online bullying.
http://www.clintonnewsrecord.com/story.php?id=141028
us: Stumbo eyes illegal Internet drug trade
Attorney general Greg Stumbo proposed a bill yesterday
that would crack down on the delivery of prescription
drugs through the Internet.
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2906236
Email meltdown claims slammed
Although ISPs have confirmed experiencing problems
with a dangerous spamming trick reported by SpamHaus,
anti-spam vendors say it's all hype
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39186734,00.htm
us: Internet scams soar
Americans lost at least $548 million (292 million
pounds) to identity theft and consumer fraud last year
as the Internet provided new victims for age-old
scams, according to government statistics.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7501271
Canada suspends doctor over U.S. prescriptions
A Canadian doctor has been suspended for two years for
signing thousands of prescriptions for U.S. patients
without seeing any of them, the harshest penalty yet
in a crackdown against U.S. citizens trying to buy
cheaper drugs there.
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20050203-122817-2287r.htm
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nz: InternetNZ pushes code of practice
Non-profit internet society InternetNZ is making a
second stab at getting ISPs to buy into a code of
practice for the industry, after an aborted attempt
six years ago.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3171427a28,00.html
Greece bans email snooping
GREECE'S personal data watchdog has ordered companies
not to violate employee privacy by snooping into their
private email.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12124895%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
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SPAM
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nz: Action on Anti-spam Code: Working Party Convened
(news release)
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA), Internet NZ
(INZ) and the Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF)
have joined forces to reduce email spam in New
Zealand.
http://internetnz.net.nz/news/040205aspam.htm
Project Honeypot aims to trap spammers
Spam fighters now have both the software and the legal
clout to help them put their quarry behind bars
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6955
us: Former AOL employee guilty in spam case
A former America Online employee has pleaded guilty to
charges he stole 92 million e-mail screen names and
sold them to a "spammer."
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7543926
us: Deleting spam costs billions, study finds
Time wasted deleting junk e-mail costs American
businesses nearly $22 billion a year, according to a
new study from the University of Maryland.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/10800628.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Web users can tackle BBC Six Nations coverage
The BBC is to offer full live streaming video coverage
of Six Nations internationals to rugby union fans with
broadband from this weekend.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1404896,00.html
uk: 'Half of broadband users dissatisfied'
Only half of UK households signed up to broadband
internet connections are satisfied with their service,
a report from Which? magazine claims today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1404803,00.html
China on track for 134m net users
THE number of internet users in China will hit 134
million by the end of 2005, consolidating its position
as the second largest market in the world after the
United States.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12145289%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-net-users-to-reach-134m-this-year/2005/02/04/1107410021278.html
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1107429841904B255
uk: Internet gambling soars
The amount people are gambling over the Internet has
increased more than six times in the last year,
according to a survey by online casino 888.com.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7501033
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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fr: Fine for French web music sharer
A schoolteacher in France has been fined 10,200 euros
(£7,033) for illegally swapping hundreds of music
albums on the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4231973.stm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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A piece of Net history on the auction block
Famed New York auction house Christie's is preparing
to offer up a collection of rare documents and
publications that trace the origins of computers and
the Internet.
http://news.com.com/A+piece+of+Net+history+on+the+auction+block/2100-1026_3-5560386.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man on child porn charge
A SYDNEY man will appear in court this month on
charges of possessing child pornography.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12166163-1702,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1296861.htm
au: Youth, 17, held over child porn (reg req'd)
A teenager will appear in court next month after
police raided his family home and found more than
30,000 child pornography images stored on a computer.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/05/1107476853185.html
nz: Child pornographer jailed
A 34- year-old Nelson man who distributed child
pornography via his home computer has been jailed for
12 months
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/471553?format=html
ie: Child porn charges dropped against Garda
Charges against a garda accused of possessing child
pornography have been dropped by the Director of
Public Prosecutions at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=178467950&p=y784689xx&n=178468937
uk: Tsunami child porn man sentenced
A man who told his family he was in Thailand when he
was actually in prison has been sentenced for a string
of child pornography offences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4236939.stm
uk: Child porn councillor banned from office
A DISGRACED former councillor is banned from holding
office for four years after he was found guilty of a
gross breach of trust in downloading child
pornography.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/news/NewsStory.asp?Brand=ESTOnline&Category=News&ItemId=IPED03+Feb+2005+06:48:23:603
th/de: Thai police arrest German child pornography
suspect
Thai police said they arrested a 59-year-old German
man on child molestation and pornography charges
Friday after tracing him from videos in which he
allegedly appeared.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050204/ap/d881nks80.html
us: Jamaica stadium vendor charged in child porn bust
Federal authorities brought child pornography charges
against a Shea Stadium food vendor who allegedly sent
sexual photos of a 9-year-old female relative through
America Online, according to the U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District.
http://www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13885189
us/kr: Air Force sergeant sentenced after child-porn
conviction
An Air Force sergeant with more than 12 years of
service was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge
Thursday after a court-martial found him guilty of
possessing child pornography.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26988
us: Man admits distributing child porn over Internet
A former Danville, Ind., man faces a prison sentence
for distributing child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/219465-1708-009.html
us: Police arrest two on child porn charges
A complaint about excessive comings and goings of
teenage boys at a Chantilly house led, this week, to
the arrest of two Fairfax County men for child
pornography offenses.
http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=13877045
us: Former Geneva man sentenced in porn case
The former Geneva man who admitted sending child
porno-graphy to an undercover police officer was
sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison.
http://www.fltimes.com/Main.asp?SectionID=38&SubSectionID=121&ArticleID=7234
us: Ex-fire chief held in online child porn sting
A Martin County man who until recently served as a
captain for the Village of Tequesta Fire-Rescue has
been charged with Internet sex solicitation and
possession of child pornography, authorities announced
Friday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pporn05feb05,0,961493.story
us: Judge: Evidence Obtained Against Child Porn
Suspect Is Admissible
A judge ruled Thursday that evidence gathered against
an Olmsted Falls man in a child pornography case will
be admissible in court, NewsChannel5 reported.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050204/lo_wews/2568400
us: Clinton man faces child porn charges
A federal investigation has led to the arrest of a
Clinton man accused of distributing child pornography
on the Internet.
http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1044996
us: Man indicted on child pornography charge
A former band director at Heritage Academy in Lowndes
County who was arrested on three child fondling
charges in October 2004 has been indicted on a child
pornography charge in Oktibbeha County.
http://starkvilledailynews.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/news04.txt
us: Kokomo man faces child pornography charges
George Budd appeared in federal court Thursday morning
facing federal charges involving child pornography.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898991&nav=9TahVxOl
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wlky/20050131/lo_wrtv/2562703
us: Former trooper possesses child porn again
A former state police corporal convicted in Greene
County two years ago of possessing child pornography
on a computer at the Waynesburg barracks pleaded
guilty Thursday in Montgomery County Court to similar
charges.
http://www.observer-reporter.com/330955133136298.bsp
us: Ex-teacher in Ken-Ton pleads guilty to Internet
child pornography charge
A former Ken-Ton art teacher pleaded guilty to a
felony charge of possessing child pornography images
from the Internet.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050205/1008389.asp
us: Indy Hospital Fires Man On Child Pornography
Allegations
Police are investigating a man who was fired from his
job at St. Vincent Hospital on allegations that he had
images of child pornography on his office computer,
RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wjxt/20050204/lo_wrtv/2568799
us: Sex offender in Windham faces new child porn
charges
A convicted sex offender who lives in Windham faces
new charges of possessing child pornography.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050203childporn.shtml
us: Man gets prison sentence in child pornography case
A Tucson man has been sentenced to six months in
prison followed by lifetime supervised release on
federal child pornography charges.
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2905681
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/60114.php
us: Ex-fire chief held in online child porn sting
A Martin County man who until recently served as a
captain for the Village of Tequesta Fire-Rescue has
been charged with Internet sex solicitation and
possession of child pornography, authorities announced
Friday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-pporn05feb05,0,4709651.story
us: Former trooper admits to having child porn
A former Pennsylvania state police trooper admitted
Thursday that he possessed child pornography on a
computer at his parents’ Skippack home.
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13889705
us: Manslaughter, Child Pornography Trials Set in
Clarke
An Elkton man accused of possessing child pornography
on his computer has a March 7 trial date in Clarke
County Circuit Court.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050204/Area_manslaughter.asp
us: Priest suspended after child porn arrest
The Dallas Catholic Diocese has suspended a Grand
Prairie priest indefinitely after he was arrested for
reportedly possessing child pornography on his church
computer.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/states/texas/arlington/10808718.htm?1c
us: Man Charged on Child Porn Charges
Prosecutors have charged a Purdue University employee
with 49 counts of possessing and disseminating child
pornography, using a university computer.
http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/1227677.html
us: Edgewater Park man charged with pornography
possession
An Edgewater Park man convicted of two sex-related
offenses was charged yesterday with possession of more
than 1,000 images of child pornography on his home
computer, authorities said.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-02032005-443681.html
us: Officials claim child porn bust is largest in
county
Investigators say they have taken thousands of
computer pictures and movies with child pornography in
what is likely the largest bust in Martin County
history.
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=2478&z=3&p=
us: Child Pornography Bust
Yet another new controversy to report, and I'd like
your reaction. About two dozen people have been caught
in a federal child pornography bust (search) — many of
them people who have direct contact with children. A
doctor. A campus minister. A teacher. A youth church
counselor. This bust has only begun, and it stretches
all the way from Eastern Europe to the U.S. Here's the
controversy: In New Jersey (search) alone, 24 people
have been arrested for downloading this child porn
(reportedly footage of a little girl being raped).
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145950,00.html
us: Purdue Employee Charged with Sending Child Porn
Prosecutors have charged a Purdue University employee
with 49 counts of possessing and disseminating child
pornography using a university computer.
http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898358&nav=0RYbVx7O
us: Spokane EMT arrested on child porn charges
An emergency medical technician was arrested on child
pornography charges after he allegedly sent sexually
explicit images of young girls to a Spokane couple,
who notified authorities.
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2898050
us: Man to go on trial in child porn case
A 32-year-old Huron man is scheduled to go on trial in
April for multiple counts of possession of child
pornography.
http://www.plainsman.com/main.php?story_id=4195&page=23
us: Child porn suspect charged
A county magistrate in Indiana on Wednesday ordered
Stephen D. Puckett, 58, of Crawfordsville, Ind., to be
held in jail on $100,000 bond. Puckett, who was
arrested after a tip from Wichita police, was charged
with three counts of child exploitation, 45 counts of
possession of child pornography and one count of
possession of a controlled substance.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/10811537.htm
us: Buffalo teacher charged with having child porn
A high school teacher in Buffalo is being charged with
possession of child pornography after federal
authorities found videos of nude teenage and
adolescent girls on his computer.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_27852
us: ICE AGENTS ARREST BUFFALO TEACHER ON CHILD PORN
CHARGES
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special
agents arrested a high school social studies teacher
this morning and charged him with possession of child
pornography.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/buffalo020305.htm
us: PUEBLO MAN GUILTY OF TRADING CHILD PORN
PUEBLO MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO TRADING CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET WILL SPEND 60 DAYS IN
JAIL.
http://www.krdotv.com/DisplayStory.asp?id=8920
us: Man indicted on child pornography charge
A former band director at Heritage Academy in Lowndes
County who was arrested on three child fondling
charges in October 2004 has been indicted on a child
pornography charge in Oktibbeha County.
http://starkvilledailynews.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/news04.txt
us: Manslaughter, Child Pornography Trials Set in
Clarke
An Elkton man accused of possessing child pornography
on his computer has a March 7 trial date in Clarke
County Circuit Court.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050204/Area_manslaughter.asp
us: Child porn tracked to Florida
Public recognizes hotel room after police release
photos; Girl's image digitally removed before pictures
distributed.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1107558612927&call_pageid=970599119419
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