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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Myanmar junta clamps down on uncensored foreign
pornography
Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar have launched a
crackdown on uncensored foreign videos _ particularly
pornography _ seizing thousands of tapes and video CDs
from shops and arresting or fining offenders, a police
official said.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050316/ap/d88rsc800.html
nl: Unesco NL: human rights and the Net
The Netherlands National Commission for Unesco has
published Recommendations on Human rights and
Internet, following a conference held on February 4
and 5.
http://p2pnet.net/story/4204
uk: Poll backs child porn website crackdown
Most people would support a law requiring internet
service providers to block access to child abuse and
paedophilic websites, according to research from Mori.
About 82 per cent of people polled by the research
organisation said that they would support government
legislation on the issue and would support official
monitoring of child pornography sites.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4357ccc2-94f7-11d9-8dd3-00000e2511c8.html
uk: BT program to beat dialler scams
BT is introducing two initiatives to help beat rogue
dialler scams, which can cost dial-up net users
thousands.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4351073.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1438562,00.html
us: Net buzzing on bloggers' status - First Amendment
issues become hot topic in chat rooms
With a Santa Clara County judge still weighing the
issue of whether bloggers and online publishers can be
considered journalists, there is a wide range of
sentiments already posted in the Internet's court of
public opinion.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/09/BUG5EBMCR41.DTL
us: Virtual victims: 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://lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050315/NEWS03/503150317/1004/
us: Pedophiles using Internet to prey on kids
Less than two minutes after Angie Wilson entered an
online chat room posing as a 14-year-old girl, older
men began sending her messages.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11135782.htm
us: Calls for blogger freedom
INTERNET bloggers should enjoy traditional press
freedoms and not face regulation as political groups,
US politicians and journalists have said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12550895%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: Child porn: Internet dangers arise
A Thunder Bay family was appalled to discover that
their daughter — a Grade 6 student — had her photo
posted on a peer’s website.
http://crime-research.org/news/16.03.2005/1045/
us: US wrangle over mobile content
US 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.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12511418%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7869865
us: Government, or not? The question remains
unresolved
... My argument was that laws prohibiting people from
doing things that hurt only themselves should be taken
off the books. I felt pretty good about that, too,
until co-worker Shannon Brennan brought up a
disquieting thought. “What about people who read child
pornography online?” she asked
http://newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781543362
Belarus shuts down internet forum critical of
president
Authorities in the Belarus town of Grodno have closed
down a popular internet forum in which visitors
regularly criticised President Alexander Lukashenko.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=6726
tn: Untimely death of Tunisia's most prominent
cyber-dissident
Tunisian cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui, founder and
webmaster of the satirical online newsletter TuneZine,
died on 13 March aged 36, apparently following a heart
attack.
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/1/tunisia-death-of-tunisia-s-most-prominent-cy.shtml
bh: Bahrain frees 3 held over wesbsite
Bahrain has freed three men detained for running a
website critical of the government, but they still
face charges over spreading material seen as hostile
to the Gulf Arab state's government and royal family.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7896860
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=4&u=/ap/20050314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bahrain_internet_detainees
Denuncia interpuesta por el cantante de Limp Bizkit
por la difusión de un video porno
Fred Durst, cantante de Limp Bizkit, ha demandado a
varios sitios de Internet a los que acusa de haber
difundido un video porno casero que grabo durante el
año 2003, en el que mantiene relaciones sexuales con
una exnovia.
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/111088214966681.shtml
La presencia xenófoba de Internet
Un estudio llevado a cabo por por el Centro Simon
Wiesenthal revela que la presencia en la Red de grupos
xenófobos y terroristas alcanza los 5.000 sitios,
según indicó Abraham Cooper, vicedecano de dicho
centro en la rueda de prensa de la conferencia sobre
Democracia y Terrorismo que ha ofrecido en Madrid.
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/111079461867185.shtml
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Aussie BitTorrent case to test Aust-US FTA
A federal magistrate today rejected a request from
solicitors representing Internet service provider
Swiftel Communications and associated parties to move
a court case over alleged copyright infringement to
the Federal Court.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39184796,00.htm
au: Pitfalls of monitoring employees discussed
The security, privacy and IP issues surrounding the
monitoring of email and web use at work were discussed
at a seminar jointly organised by legal firm Clayton
Utz and email scurity company Clearswift.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Pitfalls-of-monitoring-employees-discussed/2005/03/16/1110913653417.html
au: PCs at mercy of bank hackers
PERSONAL home computers were never designed to act as
secure ATMs and could not be trusted for internet
banking or any other online transaction, a leading
internet security researcher has warned.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12536330%255E2702,00.html
au: Great bank heist
THE last time Timothy Ireland used an internet cafe to
do his personal banking, it cost him $9000 in stolen
savings, hours in frustrating meetings with bank
officers, weeks of stress and a good measure of
dignity.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12533663%255E28737,00.html
se: Swedish ISP raid prompts backlash
A raid by Swedish authorities last week against
Bahnhof, Sweden's oldest and largest ISP, has been
hailed by Hollywood as a major blow against movie
piracy. But questions have been raised about whether
the 10 March raid, orchestrated by Swedish anti-piracy
organisation Antipiratbyrån, and involving the seizure
of data involving thousands of users, might have
violated the country's strict data privacy laws.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/14/bahnhof_bust/
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POLICY
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au: Child welfare groups welcome tougher porn laws
Tasmania's child protection campaigners say the
state's proposed new child pornography laws should be
a beacon for other states.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1323359.htm
uk: MP to propose tougher cybercrime laws
Derek Wyatt will urge the government to update the
Computer Misuse Act to cover denial-of-service
attacks, and to raise the penalties for hacking
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39191231,00.htm
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SPAM
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uk: UK ISPs join fight against spammers
A worldwide push to turn up the heat on spam has got
the backing of the London Internet Exchange
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39191251,00.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Study: Cookies in security crosshairs
An increasing number of people are blocking cookies or
deleting them to protect their privacy or security,
according to a new JupiterResearch study.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39184788,00.htm
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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nl: Dutch Internet Cracks Down on File-Sharing
Five major Dutch Internet providers agreed Monday to
cooperate in a crackdown on illegal file sharing,
saying they will send warnings to clients suspected of
swapping copyrighted music, film and software files.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_hi_te/netherlands_internet_5
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NETHERLANDS_INTERNET
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/11132996.htm
au: Kazaagate Day 16: part 4
Sharman solicitor Mary Still is back in the best
interview she’s ever given. She denies having a
nickname, especially the one going around. And we
visit Nikki Hemming’s home. Very noice.
http://apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/C421C4D693DEE666CA256FC60023D3F5
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: Can Papers End the Free Ride Online? (reg req'd,
paid sub soon!)
Consumers are willing to spend millions of dollars on
the Web when it comes to music services like iTunes
and gaming sites like Xbox Live. But when it comes to
online news, they are happy to read it but loath to
pay for it.
http://nytimes.com/2005/03/14/business/media/14paper.html
http://iht.com/articles/2005/03/15/business/papers.html
In Europe and Asia, publishers weigh their Web options
Online editions of Asian newspapers garner large
readership overseas, and a few publications have
started charging for subscriptions using a number of
different models.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/03/15/business/paperside.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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us: Jackson's accuser in witness box
The boy accusing Michael Jackson of molesting him has
testified he slept in the US singer's bedroom where
they watched internet pornography together.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4333647.stm
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12508310%255E912,00.html
us: Police: Teacher, Father Were Making Child Porn
In what investigators are calling one of the biggest
child pornography cases they have ever seen, a man who
teaches at a Metairie elementary school surrendered to
police Tuesday on warrants charging him with more than
2,000 counts of possession of sexually explicit images
involving children.
http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/4285659/detail.html
us: Child Raped Twice Live On Internet, Police Say
Prosecutors released new information Tuesday about a
man accused of raping a 3-year-old child on the
Internet.
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4287869/detail.html
us: Leesville man arrested on child pornography
charges
A Leesville man was arrested last week on charges of
possessing child pornography.
http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2005/03/15/news/news3.txt
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/503130358/0/FRONTPAGE
us: Arrested Priest Should Not Have Had Contact With
Kids, Report Says
A Rochester priest arrested on child pornography
charges should not have had contact with children,
according to doctors who evaluated Rev. Michael Volino
in 2002.
http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=17113
us: Priest arrested for downloading child porn
volunteered with local Boy Scout troop
NEWS 10NBC has learned new information about a local
priest who admits to downloading child pornography on
his church computer. Father Michael Volino is
currently under house arrest. He's accused of
receiving and possessing child porn from May of 2004
until his computer was seized in January. On Tuesday
NEWS 10NBC learned that Volino spent time with a local
Boy Scout troop and that he got a warning from the
local diocese.
http://www.10nbc.com/index.asp?template=item&story_id=14317
us: Jefferson Parish teacher arrested on child porn
charges
Saint Bernard Parish deputies arrested a Jefferson
Parish teacher today on more than two-thousand child
pornography charges.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3080591
us: Police: Teacher, Father Were Making Child Porn
In what investigators are calling one of the biggest
child pornography cases they have ever seen, a man who
teaches at a Metairie elementary school surrendered to
police Tuesday on warrants charging him with more than
2,000 counts of possession of sexually explicit images
involving children.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050315/lo_wdsu/2627864
us: New Charges In Child Porn Case
Deputies brought more charges Monday, against a
Greenville County man already accused of possessing
child pornography.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050315/lo_wyff/2627431
us: Man Accused Of Downloading Child Porn At Libraries
A man who has been accused of downloading child
pornography on computers at public libraries was
arrested while sitting at one of the terminals with
materials that told of adults and children engaging in
sex acts, authorities said.
http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/4285614/detail.html
us: Ex-cop pleads guilty to child porn
A former Elizabethtown police officer pleaded guilty
to receiving child pornography Monday in U.S. District
Court.
http://www.newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2005/03/15/news/news3.txt
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3075646
http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/4283887/detail.html
us: Man Accused Of Seeking Sex With Child
A Brownsburg man was arrested in Florida this month
during a sting in which he thought he was arranging to
have sex with a child, police said.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050316/lo_wrtv/2628922
us: Child Raped Twice Live On Internet, Police Say
Prosecutors released new information Tuesday about a
man accused of raping a 3-year-old child on the
Internet.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050316/lo_wlwt/2628775
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: Investigators Find More Images of Child More
There is new information about a Greenville
businessman investigators say had a cache of child
pornography. 60 year old John Watson faces even more
charges and is back home waiting to go to court.
http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=3077017
us: New Charges In Child Porn Case
Deputies brought more charges Monday, against a
Greenville County man already accused of possessing
child pornography.
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4284835/detail.html
us: Pewee Valley Police Chief Target Of Child Porn
Investigation
A Kentucky town is without its police chief as state
police investigate allegations of possession of child
pornography. Pewee Valley's Chief is on leave while
the investigation continues. WAVE 3's Janelle
MacDonald spoke with the town's mayor about the
investigation.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3075699
us: Former Officer Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case
The U.S. Attorney's Office says a former police
officer in Elizabethtown pleaded guilty Monday to
receiving child pornography.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3075530
us: Child Porn Arrest
The U.S. Attorney's Office says a former police
officer in Elizabethtown pleaded guilty today to
receiving child pornography.
http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=3075473
us: Man arrested on child porn charges
A Muncie man used public library computers to download
child pornography, investigators said.
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/5/036245-6815-002.html
us: Teacher faces porn counts, lawyer says evidence is
someone else's
A Jefferson Parish teacher was arrested on more than
2,000 child pornography counts Tuesday but his
attorney said the evidence - hundreds of seized
photos, DVDs and CDs - belongs to a relative of the
teacher who lives in the same house.
http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050315/APN/503151016
us: Trial slated for Seabrook man
A Seabrook man, who is facing federal charges of
allegedly traveling to Oregon to have sex with a
15-year-girl he met online, is scheduled to go to
trial on April 5.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/hampton/03152005/news/70034.htm
us: Ionia County man facing child porn charges may
avoid jail time
An Ionia County man who was found with having 1,000
pictures of child pornography found on his computer
will likely avoid jail time.
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3081210
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