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general internet news - Feb 04
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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China toughens Internet censorship during annual
parliament session
China said it will toughen its already rigid
censorship of the Internet during its annual
parliamentary session to keep at bay those with
"ulterior motives".
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050301/323/fdhuy.html
us: Anti-bullying message helps St. James meet
school-wide goal to fight bullying
Seaforth Huron Expositor — A London music teacher was
inspired to take an anti-bullying message across
Ontario after watching one of his students cope with
bullying. ... “Bullying has always been around but
when you add the internet to what we already had, it
becomes more than some kids can handle,” he said.
http://www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com/story.php?id=146609
India's Cyber Cafes Log Customers' Details
Hundreds of Internet cafes in India's technology hub
of Bangalore have started to record personal details
of their visitors to comply with a new rule aimed at
tracking perpetrators of online fraud, virus attacks
and terrorism.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDIA_NET_POLICING
Bangalore cyber cafes get intrusive (reg req'd)
Hundreds of internet cafes in India's technology hub
of Bangalore have started to record personal details
of their visitors to comply with a new rule aimed at
tracking perpetrators of online fraud, virus attacks
and terrorism.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Bangalore-cyber-cafes-get-intrusive/2005/03/03/1109700587003.html
us: Video Game Ratings System Adds New Category
The video game ratings system will add a new category
to protect children under 10 from seeing certain kinds
of violence, the board that administers the system
said on Wednesday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=H41YEOBZK5MAKCRBAEZSFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=7790076
jp: Seven die in online suicide pact in Japan
Seven people have killed themselves within hours of
each other in Japan in the latest round of suicides
committed after pacts made on the internet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1428257,00.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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es: Real Madrid and players sue over image rights
Real Madrid football club and some of its biggest
stars are in dispute with the gambling industry over
alleged unauthorised use of their images in on-line
marketing material, according to reports.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=realmadridandplay1109774596
Illegal drug sales booming on Internet - UN
Illegal drug sales on the Internet are booming as
unlicensed online pharmacies selling drugs like
morphine evade a patchy global effort to stop them,
the United Nations narcotics watchdog says.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1109738520188B253
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POLICY
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us: School board urges pornography limits
The Nassau County School Board passed a resolution
Thursday encouraging local government to regulate the
sale of pornographic materials.
http://www.fbnewsleader.com/articles/2005/03/02/news/04newsschoolurges.txt
us: Legislators race today's deadline to get bills
through
Long meetings and late nights have become the norm in
Olympia this week as lawmakers try to push hundreds of
bills through policy committees before today's
deadline for action on most measures. ... # Bullying:
Lawmakers tried to crack down on bullying this year
with two bills, one in the House addressing bullying
in the workplace and another in the Senate regarding
cyberbullying. Both bills have a tough road, but House
Bill 1968 is scheduled for a vote today.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/214183_cutoff02.html
us: In Our View: Be careful with pornography bill
If the Utah Legislature's goal is to block the rising
tide of Internet pornography, John Dougall's bill, HB
260, is a forlorn hope. Utah has no jurisdiction over
the porn mills of Europe, over content generated in
other states or over Internet service providers
outside Utah's borders. Pornography will continue to
stream into our communities. You can't solve a global
problem with local rules.
http://heraldextra.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=48978
us: School board urges pornography limits
The Nassau County School Board passed a resolution
Thursday encouraging local government to regulate the
sale of pornographic materials.
http://fbnewsleader.com/articles/2005/03/02/news/04newsschoolurges.txt
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SPAM
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Australia and China Sign Historic Agreement to Help
Limit Spam
Representatives from the Internet Industry Association
(IIA) and the Internet Society of China (ISC) today
signed a historic agreement to help manage spam.
http://www.iia.net.au/news/010305.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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'Digital divide' narrowing fast, World Bank says
The "digital divide" between rich and poor nations is
narrowing fast, the World Bank said, calling into
question a costly United Nations campaign to bring
hi-tech telecommunications to the developing world.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=179072
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4296919.stm
uk: BBC leads interactive Bafta wins
The BBC and the National Theatre take the big honours
at this year's Interactive Bafta awards.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4312683.stm
An acceptable career?
These days anyone can set up a website and become a
porn star. With the internet fundamentally changing
the industry, could pornography be becoming
mainstream?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4305257.stm
Growth rate slips for Firefox usage
New research shows the growth rate of open-source
browser Firefox is slowing, while Microsoft's browser
market share continues to dip.
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5592677.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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us: Man admits guilt in child pornography case
A Strafford man faces up to 60 years in federal prison
for sexually exploiting a teenage girl for the purpose
of making child pornography.
http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/20050303-AroundtheOzarks.html
us: Exton man is sentenced to prison for child
pornography conviction
An Exton man has been sentenced to 21 to 59 months in
prison and five years of probation on child
pornography charges.
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=3018739
us: Woodlands man convicted of possessing child
pornography
A federal jury in Houston convicted a Woodlands man
Tuesday of possessing more than 100 images of child
pornography on his home computer.
http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14061812
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/030105_local_childporn.html
us: 70 Year Old Arrested for Child Pornography
70 year-old Vernon Gartland of Ocala was arrested
Monday for possession of child pornography.
http://www.wcjb.com/news.asp?id=11973
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kcci/20050301/lo_wkmg/2607702
us: Former social services agency director faces child
pornography charges
The former director of a Lancaster County social
services agency has been arrested on child pornography
charges.
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=3012264
us: Animal officer arrested
The city’s animal control officer was being held
without bond Monday after state investigators arrested
him on child pornography charges.
http://www.valleystar.com/localnews_more.php?id=56957_0_19_0_M
us: Elderly Man Caught with Child Pornography
A 65-year-old grandfather, caught with child
pornography.
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=EF249865-DC7A-4B84-8E2C-F412F8D3C724
us: Ex-Principal Admits Downloading Child Porn
A former northeast Kansas school administrator pleads
guilty to possessing hundreds of images of child
pornography.
http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/1326747.html
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4247973/detail.html
us: Man arrested in child porn case
A Papillion man who allegedly downloaded child
pornography at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center told police he had been doing so for the past
year there and at another medical school, a Douglas
County prosecutor said.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1636&u_sid=1349987
us: Convicted of child porno, man faces more charges
After being sentenced in Lake County Circuit Court
Tuesday to eight years in prison for child
pornography, Aric R. Sven of Antioch Township asked to
be placed on the next bus to the Illinois Department
of Corrections, but he will probably have to take a
detour through McHenry County.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/top/w02sextaper.htm
us: Child Porn Arrest
An Omaha man is facing child pornography charges after
downloading the material on a computer in a restricted
area at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/1327022.html
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/4246288/detail.html
us: Luling man booked for child porn
A 60-year-old Luling man was booked this week by the
St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office on 21 counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.lobservateur.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/news09.txt
us: Red Hill man gets probation for having child porn
A 44-year-old Red Hill man will serve probation after
admitting that he possessed child pornography on his
computer. Michael David Smith, of the 600 block of
Apple Street, was sentenced to five years’ probation
on Friday during a hearing before Montgomery County
Judge William T. Nicholas.
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14054782
us: Man pleads guilty to sex abuse charges
A Roanoke man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that
he sexually molested a boy who is now 8 years old, in
a case that resulted from an international
investigation targeting child pornography.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/19519.html
us: Man charged with accessing child pornography
online sentenced to 5-year jail term
56-year-old Stephen Remy Mueller was sentenced in the
US District Court today to spend the next five years
behind bars. Last November, he pled guilty to child
pornography charges. Mueller received via the Internet
pictures of children under the age of 12 engaging in
sexually explicit conduct.
http://www.kuam.com/news/12827.aspx
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COOGEE NSW 2034
AUSTRALIA
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phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 0015 - home
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