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general internet news - Mar 14
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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de: Search engines voluntarily block harmful content
in Germany
According to a report in the German e-zine Heise all
the major search engines in Germany have voluntarily
agreed to filter out harmful content for their German
audience. Google, Lycos Europe, MSN Germany, AOL
Germany, Yahoo, T-Online and t-info have founded a
self-regulatory organisation that will voluntarily
block a list of URLs considered to be harmful for the
youth. The list is provided by a governmental media
classification organisation, 'Bundesprüfstelle für
jugendgefährdende Medien (BPJM)'. The new organisation
is a subdivision of a larger self-regulatory
initiative of multimedia service providers, the FSM,
founded in 1997.
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.5/search
ca/us: Libel suit against Washington Post could have
major impact on free expression
Reporters Without Borders today wrote to the Canadian
justice minister with its position on an important
question of law for online media that has been raised
by a former UN official's libel action in Canada
against the Washington Post, namely can a journalist
whose article has been published on the Internet be
sued anywhere it can be downloaded ? The Washington
Post appealed on 8 March.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12833
us: Schoolyard bullies get nastier online
When Joanne had a row with a longtime friend last
year, she had no idea it would spill into cyberspace.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0310tech-cyberbullies10-ON.html
us: Wireless Carriers Should Shield Kids from Smut
U.S. wireless companies should adopt controls and age
verification methods to keep children from getting
adults-only content through mobile telephones, the
industry's trade group said on Thursday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7869865
us: Hands off the Web, bloggers and lawmakers say
Internet bloggers should enjoy traditional press
freedoms and not face regulation as political groups,
lawmakers and online journalists say.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7881423
us: Utah Passes Unconstitutional Internet Content
Rules
Utah's governor is soon expected to sign a bill
creating broad new restrictions over certain adult
content online. The bill also contains ISP blocking
requirements similar to those successfully challenged
by CDT in Pennsylvania last year. CDT supports the
goal of protecting kids online, but has objected to
the serious constitutional and policy problems created
by this bill.
http://cdt.org/
http://cdt.org/speech/20050307cdtanalysis.pdf
us: Hands off the Web, bloggers and lawmakers say
Internet bloggers should enjoy traditional press
freedoms and not face regulation as political groups,
lawmakers and online journalists say.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7881423
us: Bloggers must reveal sources - judge
Apple won the green light to subpoena amateur
publishers for their confidential sources, a
Californian Judge ruled today. Apple Computer, which
wants to discover who leaked product information to
three web sites, can now proceed with its subpoena
against one of the ISPs hosting two of the websites,
Santa Clara county court Judge James Kleinberg has
ruled, as well as the websites themselves.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/12/apple_reveal_sources/
us: Pedophilia Taking over Airwaves, Touching All
Races
The Michael Jackson child molestation trial, the R.
Kelly case and the conviction of defrocked Roman
Catholic priest Maurice Blackwell have kept the issue
of pedophilia in the headlines lately.
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2005/03/11/NationWorld/Pedophilia.Taking.Over.Airwaves.Touching.All.Races-892306.shtml
uk: Phone ban to stop 'text bullies'
A secondary school plans to ban its pupils from
bringing in mobile phones as a way of stopping
bullying via text.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/4336953.stm
us: Family DVD filter bill moves through Congress
A bill that would let parents and children filter the
curse words, sex scenes and violence out of movie DVDs
moved closer to approval by Congress on Wednesday.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-03-09-family-dvd-filters-house_x.htm
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Australian ISP raided for BitTorrent links
An Australian ISP was raided today under court orders
for alleged copyright infringement in the first
crackdown on the illicit use of BitTorrent technology.
http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/CCBF206E501D62A7CA256FC000228B1E
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5608567.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12503541%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: NetAlert to work with Australian Federal Police
NetAlert has announced that it is to work closely with
the newly formed Online Child Sex Exploitation Team
(OCSET) in Australia. They will develop a range of
training programs for parents and teachers.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/netalert2.htm
us: Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett's budget
remarks to the General Assembly - Child Predator Unit
Let me take a moment to discuss with you a growing
problem in our state - child sexual predators - who
affect constituents in every one of your districts.
When I served as Attorney General nine years ago, I
created the Attorney General's Child Sexual
Exploitation Task Force, a unit specifically designed
to arrest child pornographers as well as investigate
and capture child predators before they strike by
using proactive, undercover operations.
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-7498-PHPSESSID-ad060e23d4e07f8a8fd97fee69a4695f.html
The Internet: The Infrastructure of Democracy
The Government of Spain is currently hosting the
“International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and
Security”.
http://english.safe-democracy.org/
us: Gay Couple Sues Conservative Group Over Use of
their Photo in Internet Ad
A gay couple featured without their permission in an
Internet advertisement criticizing the AARP sued the
ad's producer on Wednesday, alleging libel and
invasion of privacy.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1110449111232
us: Online Pedophiles Scarier Than You Think, Internet
Cop Says
Detective Rick Sweeney has disturbing news for parents
worried about protecting their kids from pedophiles
online.
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4271158/detail.html
us: Local detectives look online for predators
Detective Tim Weinhandl logged into an Internet chat
room this week with a screen name hinting at bubble
gum and pig tails.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/03/12/news/casper/c110cc1f6533adee87256fc10069fb1e.txt
us: Crimes against Children
Parents and children appear oblivious to the threat of
crimes targeted at children, officials said here this
week.
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/stories/public/200503/12/4bEE_news.html
419's next evolution
West Africa has long been home to notorious 419 scams.
These, for the unaware, involved e-mails and hand
written letters requesting aid in what was essentially
a money laundering scheme. Many global citizens found
themselves a few thousand dollars poorer after run-ins
with a phenomenon that originated in Nigeria. The
name, as it happens, is taken from a Nigerian
legislation pertaining and outlawing such fraud cases.
http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,99569,00.html
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POLICY
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au: Australia Government to Outlaw Internet Suicides
Australia's government plans to outlaw inciting,
promoting or teaching people how to commit suicide on
the Internet, but Justice Minister Chris Ellison said
on Tuesday the laws were not a bid to spark a
euthanasia debate.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=7842426
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12489773-2,00.html
Asians refine content, online services and regulatory
models
The Asia Pacific is a fascinating test bed of a wide
range of strategies for Internet governance,
publication of local content, and provision of online
services. The variety of business and regulatory
models being evolved reflect the diversity of the
region which range from some of the economically and
technologically most deprived countries to others
which are world leaders and trendsetters in the
digital industry.
http://digital-review.org/ahp03.htm
us: Manhattan DA wants tougher domestic violence laws
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau Thursday
urged state legislators to strengthen laws against
domestic violence, including allowing judges to
consider a victim's safety in deciding bail. ... The
prosecutor also said that lawmakers should consider
legislation to thwart aspects of cyberstalking.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/brooklyn/nyc-dome0311,0,4845164.story
us: Local Police Chiefs Learn About High-Tech Crime
Experts says criminals are becoming more ingenious
than ever before at victimizing people. Wednesday,
stateline police chiefs came to Byron to learn about
technology used in sophisticated crimes, like
cyber-terrorism, identity theft and cyber-stalking,
and how to combat it.
http://www.wtvo.com/Global/story.asp?S=3054735
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SPAM
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Spam costs $50 billion worldwide, says survey
Businesses worldwide will lose up to $50 billion in
combating spam this year, according to a new report
issued by consultancy Ferris Research. Firms in the US
will lose $17 billion, while spam will cost UK firms
almost £1.3 billion.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=spamcostsbilli1110551732
Internet Legal Issues: SPAM
What is "spam"? The term spam was first used in the
early 1990s to describe e-mail messages, not related
to the topic of discussion and postings that swamped
newsgroups. Spam is frequently described as e-mail
that is sent in bulk; flooding the Internet with
copies of the same message and forcing these unwanted
messages on Internet users who might otherwise have
chosen not to receive them.
http://www.cbeji.com.br/br/novidades/artigos/index.asp?id=4330
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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World Bank Says Digital Divide is Narrowing Rapidly
A draft report released by the World Bank maintains
that mobile telephony is rapidly shrinking the digital
divide and that the main role of governments is to
clear a path for private investment. The report
basically calls into question the point of having a UN
world conference on bridging the digital divide.
http://worldsummit2005.de/en/web/733.htm
The real digital divide
The idea that a digital divide separates rich
countries from poor, as usually understood, is a myth.
Poor countries don't need a PC in every home. What
they need is more mobile phones.
http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3742817
fi: 17% of Finnish children have had online sessions
over 10 hours
In a recent survey, few Finnish children saw problems
with their online behaviour. Most, however, agree with
parental control of their use of the Internet.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/fi_sessions.htm
uk: Chat is least popular online peer-to-peer activity
in the UK
A two-year study of young British people’s Internet
literacy, published in February 2005, has found that
while children use a number of peer-to-peer
possibilities, only one in five visits chat rooms.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/uk_ukcgo.htm
nl: Dutch report reveals online bullying among
teenagers
A survey by a Dutch Internet service provider has
found that 12% of teenagers between 11 and 15 years
old experience bullying on the Internet.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/nl_bullying.htm
dk: Danish children switch to instant messaging
Chat is becoming an important part of Danish
children’s everyday communication with their friends.
The trend is moving away from the chat room towards
instant messaging services.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/dk_messaging.htm
dk: Save the Children Denmark addresses mobile chat
Chat is no longer restricted to chat rooms. Save the
Children Denmark is acting to raise awareness of risks
that are now also relevant in children and teenager’s
communication by mobile phone.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0305/dk_mobchat.htm
au: 1.5m now on broadband
THE take-up of broadband services by Australians
surged in the past twelve months driven by widespread
price cuts, the consumer watchdog said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12501938%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: U.S. youths addicted to TV and computers
Using computers, watching television and listening to
music are nearly a full-time activity for most U.S.
children, with the average 8- to 18-year-old taking in
6 1/2 hours a day, a report published on Wednesday
said.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7856771
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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British music industry sues next batch of file-sharers
The British music industry was today granted a High
Court order requiring six ISPs to disclose the names
and addresses of 31 individuals alleged to have
uploaded large numbers of music files on to
peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=britishmusicindust1110551826
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7878265
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man sentenced for possessing child pornography
A Sydney man has been fined and placed on a good
behaviour bond for possessing child pornography.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1319727.htm
au: Dual-citizen jailed over child porn
A man with dual Australian and British citizenship has
been sentenced to 18 months in jail for importing
child pornography.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1321707.htm
au: Child porn men avoid jail terms
TWO Albany men netted in a nationwide child
pornography operation walked free on Tuesday.
http://albany.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=377344&m=2&y=2005
ca: Surrey teacher under investigation for child porn
The president of the B.C. Teachers Federation says
she's saddened to learn that a Surrey teacher is under
investigation for possession of child pornography.
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_bctf-child-porn20050310
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_teacher-pm20050309
us/uk: Air Force sergeant at Mildenhall sentenced in
child pornography case
Tech Sgt. Dean Harmer, who said he first looked at
child pornography “out of curiosity,” was sentenced
Tuesday to 11 months of confinement, given a bad
conduct discharge from the Air Force and reduced in
rank to airman basic for downloading images of young
children in sexually explicit poses.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26753
us: Man pleads guilty to child pornography
An Edmunds County man was sentenced to four years in
state prison after pleading guilty to possessing child
pornography.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11119006.htm
us: Cleveland Man Pleads Guilty On Internet Child
Pornography
A Cleveland, Tn., man pleaded guilty Friday afternoon
to possession of thousands of images of child
pornography on his computer.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_63869.asp
us: City man convicted on child pornography charges
A federal court jury Thursday afternoon convicted a
Clinton County man for downloading and possessing
child pornography from the Internet.
http://www.lockhaven.com/Express/articles.asp?contentID=3284&content=headlines
us: Rochester area priest faces child pornography
charges
Federal authorities allege in court papers that a
Rochester-area Catholic priest possessed child
pornography and visited Web sites that trafficked in
child pornography.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_30383
http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=17049
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3066380
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050311/1004065.asp
us: Priest Sentenced
Saying he's sorry and he's learned to come to grips
with his problem, a Wyoming County priest Friday was
sent to jail for the next three years.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=26970
us: Ex-Pt. Loma pastor in child porn case is given
probation
The former pastor of a Point Loma Roman Catholic
church was granted probation yesterday after pleading
guilty in February to 10 misdemeanor counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050311/news_7m11holtey.html
us: Teacher Sentenced
Just one day after a local priest went to court on
child pornography charges; a local teacher is
sentenced for the same crime.
http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=17071
us: Man sentenced in child porn case
A judge sentenced a man to 12 years of probation for
transmitting child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming/29134e260e08a91e87256fc10042fff3.txt
us: Former Hawaii Soldier Pleads Guilty In Child Porn
Case
A former Schofield Barracks soldier is facing 15 years
for his part in a child pornography ring.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050312/lo_kitv/2624381
us: Man sentenced in child porn case
A judge sentenced a man to 12 years of probation for
transmitting child pornography over the Internet.
http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/11/build/wyoming/73-child-porn.inc
us: School start dates top board discussions
Elko County School Board members were divided again on
a starting date for a school year.
http://www.elkodaily.com/articles/2005/03/09/news/local_news/news3.txt
us: Greenville County Man Arrested For Alleged Child
Pornography
A service visit by a computer technician has landed a
Greenville County man in jail.
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4269374/detail.html
us: Priest, Cop and Teacher Caught in Child-Porn Cases
A former sheriff's sergeant could get up to three
years in prison for disseminating child pornography
over the Internet in what he insisted was a ploy aimed
at entrapping sexual predators.
http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/topstoriesny_story_070144526.html
us: Frederick Man Sentenced For Child Pornography
Possession
A Frederick man convicted of possessing child
pornography will avoid prison, but is being barred
from owning a computer.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_068132409.html
us: Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography
A San Jose man who has taught at various Bay Area
schools over the past 10 years turned himself in to
police Tuesday on an alleged charge of possessing
child pornography, according to a Los Altos police
spokesman.
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3050013&nav=5D7lXFof
us: Deputy Pleads To Child Porn Charges
A guilty plea today from a former Monroe County
Sheriffs' deputy accused of downloading child
pornography at his office computer in 2003.
http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=25233&rnews_story_type=18
us: Greenville County Man Arrested For Alleged Child
Pornography
A service visit by a computer technician has landed a
Greenville County man in jail.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050310/lo_wyff/2620270
us: Man With Child Porn Barred From Owning Computer
A Frederick man convicted of possessing child
pornography will avoid prison, but is being barred
from owning a computer.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4268025/detail.html
us: Red Hill man on probation for child pornography
A Red Hill man who prosecutors said was unaware he was
being sent child pornography will serve five years of
probation.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b5_2smithmar07,0,3319347.story
us: Hutchinson Man Faces Child Porn Charges
A 36-year-old Hutchinson man is charged with
possessing and distributing child pornography.
http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_068100539.html
us: Scouting leader arrested in porn sting
About 35 parents, meeting privately with Boy Scout
leaders this week, were assured that no Scouts were
involved in the child-pornography allegations on which
an assistant scoutmaster was charged Friday, March 4.
http://www.ayerpublicspirit.com/Stories/0,1413,110~5678~2757280,00.html
us: Belfast man given 31/2 years in prison
A Belfast man was sentenced Thursday to 31/2 years in
federal prison for downloading child pornography.
Brian C. Steele, 50, was sentenced in U.S. District
Court to 44 months in prison and three years probation
on one count of possession of child pornography. A
charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm was
dismissed.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=110321&z=179
us: Two arrested for Internet sexual encounters with
teenagers
Residents of The Woodlands expressed concern after two
local men were charged after they allegedly met
teenagers on the Internet for sex.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14117263
us: Retiree gets five years' probation for soliciting
teen on the Web
A judge sentenced a 69-year-old retired Florida
Department of Corrections officer to five years of
probation Wednesday after being nabbed last year by an
undercover detective on the Internet.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pplea10mar10,0,3198901.story
us: Police step up investigation of child pornography
users
Jeff Shaw's three-page affidavit describes child
pornography images in searing detail. The Northfield
police chief writes that in these photographs, 7- to
11-year-old girls are seen naked, some apparently
drugged, laying motionless as men perpetrate sex acts
on their immature bodies.
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050313/NEWS/503130358/1002
us: Clovis man sentenced for role in child pornography
ring
A Clovis chiropractor whose arrest triggered an
investigation that uncovered an international child
pornography ring has been sentenced 30 years in
prison.
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3068255
us: Middletown man draws 5 years for possession of
child pornography
A man was sentenced on Friday to 5 years in federal
prison for possession of child pornography.
http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3068283
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